The crowd was surprised when Games veteran Elisabeth Akinwale's lane was empty at the start of Event 3. Then questions arose in no time when "WD" was posted next to her events on the leaderboard. The announcers let fans know it was related to a knee injury, but did not have any further details.

This afternoon she posted an update via her Instagram:

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