Any athlete complaining of a minor injury during London 2012 had their troubles put firmly in perspective today after it was confirmed that USA’s Manteo Mitchell ran on a broken leg. Mitchell ran the first leg of the men’s 4 x 400m Relay and helped the USA finish joint fastest qualifiers for the final as they and the Bahamas were given identical times of 2:58.87. But the 25-year-old will not contest the final after an X-ray confirmed he had broken his left fibula bone during his run. Mitchell said: ‘Three days ago I was going up the stairs (in the Olympic Village) and I kind of missed one and landed awkwardly. I got treatment and I was fine. ‘I did workouts and when I warmed up today I felt really well. I felt I could go 44 (seconds)-low. I got out pretty slow, but I picked it up and when I got to the 100m mark it felt weird. I was thinking I just didn’t feel right.
