Gold Coast star Sally Pearson battling achilles injury in lead up to Commonwealth Games

WITH Australia embroiled in a sporting armageddon, Hollywood superstar and Rabbitohs owner Russell Crowe sees a saviour on the horizon. Enter Sally Pearson! And she’s up for the challenge.

WITH Australia embroiled in a sporting armageddon, Hollywood superstar and Rabbitohs owner Russell Crowe sees a saviour on the horizon.

Enter Sally Pearson!

And she’s up for the challenge.

In the wake of the cricket ball tampering scandal which has led to bans for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, Crowe is looking for a positive sport story - and, with the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast just days away from starting - he’s zeroed in on hurdles star Pearson.

We need you Sally.
Hero’s are hard to find around these parts these days...

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 28, 2018

But while she is more than happy to accept Crowe’s challenge, she is battling Achilles tendon soreness.

Pearson will go into her home Games without an individual race in a month after bypassing the 100m hurdles at the second of two Games warm-up meets in Brisbane on Thursday night.

The world champion, one of the faces of next week’s Games, plans to compete in Australia’s 4x100m relay hitout tonight at the State Athletics Facility.

“All athletes have niggling injury issues they have to face and I am no different. This is not a career ending injury but the timing is extremely disappointing,’’ Pearson said.

Sally Pearson’s last individual race was almost one month ago.

“Australia can rest assured I will be certainly working hard to overcome what is just another challenge in my career.”

Athletics Australia head coach Craig Hilliard said Pearson is completing her training sessions on a modified training load to optimise her final preparations for both the 100 hurdles and 4x100 relay events at the Gold Coast Games.

Pearson’s last hurdles race was in the first week of March when she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles at world indoor titles in Birmingham, England.

Originally published as Gold Coast star Sally Pearson battling achilles injury in lead up to Commonwealth Games