Australian Olympic athlete Sally Pearson appears at a news conference on Australia's Gold Coast, June 30, 2016, where the defending Olympic 100m hurdles champion announced she will not compete at the Rio Olympic Games after sustaining a hamstring tear. AAP//Dave Hunt/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Sally Pearson has not ruled out extending her career until the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after a hamstring injury ended her hopes of defending her high hurdles title in Rio de Janeiro in August.
The former world champion, who will be 30 in September, felt she had not yet reached her peak as an athlete and scoffed at suggestions the tendon tear she suffered on Monday might bring an end to her career.
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