(Reuters) - French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie will miss this month's Zurich Diamond League event after breaking his thumb during training.
"I underwent tests that showed a fractured thumb, I will undergo surgery tomorrow," the 2012 Olympic champion wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, adding he would be back at the end of August.
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