LONDON (AP) - World champion athletes Phillips Idowu and Dani Samuels withdrew from the Commonwealth Games citing health and security concerns Tuesday, compounding problems for the trouble-plagued New Delhi event which is due to open next week.
English triple jumper Idowu and women's discus thrower Samuels of Australia made their decisions in the wake of the weekend shooting of two tourists in the Indian capital, claims that the athletes village is not habitable and Tuesday's collapse of a bridge at the main stadium, which injured 23 construction workers.