Evora finished fifth in the World Championships in August 2011 Reigning Olympic triple jump champion, external Nelson Evora will miss the London 2012 Games due to a recurrence of a stress fracture of ...

Phillips Idowu has wished rival Nelson Evora a speedy recovery after the Portuguese triple jumper revealed he would be unable to defend his Olympic title in London due to injury. Brothers in arms: ...

Olympic triple jump champ Nelson Evora is out of the London Games with an agonising leg injury. Evora, 27, took the gold in Beijing and would have been the main threat to Britain’s Phillips Idowu. But ...

For many athletes, competing at a Summer World University Games is a precursor to world or Olympic success. Nelson Évora did things the other way round – by the time he earned the first of his two ...

Portugal's Nelson Evora has added the Olympic title to his world crown when he won the men's triple jump. Evora jumped a best of 17.67 metres, five centimetres ahead of Phillips Idowu of Britain.

Nelson Evora added the Olympic title to his world crown when he won the men's triple jump, handing Portugal its first Olympic gold medal in 12 years. Evora, who became a Portuguese citizen in 2002 ...

Olympic triple jump champion Nelson Evora will miss the London Games after injuring his right leg, the Portuguese athlete said on Thursday. “Given the necessary recovery time, it is out of the ...

LISBON, Portugal -- Olympic triple jump champion Nelson Evora of Portugal has fractured his shinbone for the second time in two years and won't defend his title in London. Evora said in a statement on ...

Nelson Evora became Olympic champion of the triple jump Thursday, offering Portugal its first gold medal in 12 years. It is also the country's first gold in an event other than the marathon or 10,000m ...

TRIPLE JUMPER Phillips Idowu has received a boost in his attempt to win Olympic gold after defending champion Nelson Evora pulled out of qualifying for the Games due to injury. The Portuguese athlete ...

Reigning Olympic triple jump champion, external Nelson Evora will miss the London 2012 Games due to a recurrence of a stress fracture of his shinbone. The 27-year-old Portuguese athlete suffered the ...