Triple jump champion Tamgho undergoes surgery

France's world triple jump champion Teddy Tamgho has undergone surgery after fracturing his shin during training, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) announced on Thursday. The 24-year-old was operated on in the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris a day after hearing a crack in his left leg landing a jump in training. "The surgery, which involved nailing with bone graft reinforcement, was carried out in the night and went well," the FFA said in a statement. "The important thing is that he is upbeat. His message is: 'The goal remains the Olympics in Rio, it does not matter, I'll get over it, I've already gone through tougher'," explained national technical director Yalouz Ghani. The winter season is now over for Tamgho who had planned to take part in the world indoor championships in Sopot next March. Tamgho skipped the entire indoor season this year to concentrate on his preparations for the worlds in Moscow, having had to sit out competition for 20 months. He had undergone surgery on the right ankle he fractured in July 2011 warming up for the European under-23 Championships and a subsequent bone growth. He claimed the world title in Moscow and achieved the third best performance of all time with 18.04 metres. Source: AFP