Anderson Peters, males’s world champion in javelin throw, was injured following an assault by crew members on a celebration boat in Grenada on Wednesday, based on Caribbean Nationwide Weekly.
The Grenada Olympic Committee on Thursday launched a press release condemning the assault. “The Grenada Olympic Committee joins with all of Grenada in condemning these barbaric actions and look ahead to the related authorities taking decisive actions in opposition to all of the perpetrators. We stand able to lend our assist along with his restoration and look ahead to an expeditious decision to the matter,” learn the assertion.
The 24-year-old Peters efficiently defended his world championship title in Eugene in July with a throw of 90.54m beating Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s greatest try of 88.13 comfortably.
Nonetheless, on the not too long ago concluded Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham, the Grenadian might solely clinch silver as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem got here up with a private greatest throw of 90.18m to win gold.
