Olympic champion hurdler McLeod to miss Commonwealth Games

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 110 Metres Hurdles Final - London Stadium, London, Britain – August 7, 2017. Omar McLeod of Jamaica celebrates winning the final. REUTERS/John Sibley

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion hurdler Omar McLeod will miss the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Jamaican athletics said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old, who claimed the 110 metres hurdles gold at the Rio Olympics and the world title at London last year, "did not make himself available, as simple as that," Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association president Warren Blake told Reuters.