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Reigning World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is out of the 2023 Absa Kip Keino Classic.
The five-time world champion left Kenya early Friday morning headed to Italy for treatment of a potential knee injury.
Fraser-Pryce is alleged to have picked the injury while training on Thursday and she will now miss the eagerly anticipated sprint on Saturday at Kasarani Stadium.
Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei while speaking to journalists on Friday confirmed the development while whishing her quick recovery.
"It is very unfortunate that the World champion will not be on the starting blocks. Many Kenyans wanted to see her on the truck as she has many supporters and she was one of the global stars audiences kill for in these events.
"We wish her quick recovery as we continue to prepare for the Kip Keino Classic tomorrow," said Tuwei.
The newly-crowned Laureaus World Sportswoman of the Year was set to face off with Kenya's duo of Esther Mbagari and Monica Safania, Hemida Basant of Egypt, America's pair of Twanisha Terry and Teahna Daniels, Rani Rosius of Belgium and Zoe Hobbs of New Zealand.
Last year she ran 10.67 in her first 100m race of the season at the Kip Keino Classic and the 10-time world gold medallist would run the exact same time in three other meetings, as well as a world-leading 10.62 in Monaco and six other sub-11 second times in a wonderful 2022 season.
The 36-year-old sprint superstar was eager to run at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani Stadium as her adoring fans in Kenya are waiting to watch her.
"I haven't run since September last year. It is a different year and so, I want to see where I am at," Fraser-Pryce said in an interview at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as she arrived in the country on Tuesday evening.
"Last year I had run a 200m race in Kingston before coming here, so this is me just coming here to see where I am at, having a good time and executing, and I am sure it will be fantastic."
The five-time world champion's sudden exit will certainly disappoint her Kenyan fans.
[Additional reporting by World Athletics]
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