BBC Online :England’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson will miss the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because of a foot injury.The 21-year-old was told to withdraw on medical advice after being diagnosed with a “stress reaction”.She said: “The Commonwealths was a key target for me this year. I was feeling so good in my preparation up until this week so this is a real blow.”Johnson-Thompson posted the highest heptathlon score of the year with a personal-best 6,682 points last month.Her performance at the prestigious Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis made her one of the favourites to win gold in Glasgow.The Liverpudlian said: “All the advice is telling me that I risk long-term damage if I compete in a heptathlon in just over a week’s time, and I have to take that advice for the sake of my career.”Johnson-Thompson had been competing in the long jump, one of the seven heptathlon disciplines, in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, which open on Wednesday.She won silver at the World Indoor Championships in March and set a personal best of 6.92m at the Glasgow Diamond League meeting earlier this month.
