The reigning Olympic high jump champion has a bulging disc in his neck, which kept him out of the Commonwealth Games in April.
The Olympic and world gold medallist watched it on TV, and while it wasn’t pleasant, it proved a purpose. TORONTO — A frightening spinal injury forced Derek Drouin to shelve his track and field season.

Canadian high jumper Derek Drouin drops out of world championships with injury Canada's Derek Drouin competes in the men's high jump during the 2016 …

World high jump champion Derek Drouin enjoyed an unforgettable moment at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 last month. Derek Drouin, the reigning world and Olympic champion in high jump, announced he was withdrawing with an Achilles tendon injury.

TORONTO - Derek Drouin, an Olympic and world champion in high jump, is taking the season off due to a back injury.

Here the Canadian offers his thoughts by answering our personal bests questions. The Canadian announced earlier this week that he was shutting it down for the season to avoid risk of serious injury. “I knew I was dealing with an injury that would make my chances of competing come down to the wire,” Drouin said in a statement.

CBC.ca Injury forces high jumper Derek Drouin out of nationals CBC.ca Rio Olympic high jump champion Derek Drouin will not compete Saturday at the Canadian track and field championships in Ottawa due to a nagging Achilles tendon injury, but is confident he'll defend his world title next month in London, England. TORONTO — Derek Drouin was back home in Toronto nursing an Achilles injury when the high jump event played out at the world championships last summer in London.
Derek Drouin was back home in Toronto nursing an Achilles injury when the high jump event played out at the world championships last summer in London. LONDON — Derek Drouin was on the bus on the way to a practice earlier this week when he learned that teammate Andre De Grasse had withdrawn from the world championships with an injury.