Australias Olympic champion hurdler Sally Pearson has torn a hamstring in training and wont compete at the Rio Games.Pearson, the defending Olympic 100m hurdles champion, suffered the injury while training on the Gold Coast, Australian news outlets reported on Wednesday.The 29-year-old will hold a media conference on Thursday after news surfaced of her latest injury on Wednesday.Pearsons manager Robert Joske and Athletics Australia on Wednesday refused to comment but its understd the hurdler suffered the injury last weekend.It doesnt lk gd, which is just such a shame for a fantastic champion and a fantastic fighter, Australias Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller told reporters in Perth.Its devastating for us and the team.Pearson had returned to her Gold Coast base to find fitness and form after struggling in three comeback races in Europe earlier this month.The races were her first competitive outings after a year-long because of a broken wrist and a torn calf muscle suffered in a fall during a race in June last year.Her comeback was stalled by achilles and hamstring issues.She made the decision to come back to the Gold Coast to get another couple of weeks gd hard training base in, and thats where this injury occurred, Chiller said.It was always an uphill battle for Sally to get back to her best form in Rio. 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The Boston right-hander, who had not walked more than two batters in any of his previous 19 starts, wiggled off the hk by getting Logan Forsythe to fly to right field and fanning Hank Conger and Brad Miller.Ultimately, it came down to the fourth inning, manager Kevin Cash said. We didnt get it done when we had an opportunity.Porcello (9-2) and reliever Junichi Tazawa didnt allow another baserunner until Millers solo homer trimmed Tampa Bays deficit to 6-2 with two outs in the seventh.Travis Shaw homered and drove in five runs for the third time this season for Boston, which snapped a three-game losing streak.That fourth inning, it was a huge spot to get out of that jam, Shaw said. A lot of things havent been going right, but I dont think our confidence or our faith in everybody in this locker rm was swayed one bit.Shaw had a solo homer, a two-run double and a two-run single. 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