{"id":582297,"date":"2024-03-27T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T02:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=582297"},"modified":"2024-03-27T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T02:34:37","slug":"gold-medalist-diver-matty-lee-to-miss-paris-olympics-after-spinal-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gold-medalist-diver-matty-lee-to-miss-paris-olympics-after-spinal-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Medalist Diver Matty Lee to Miss Paris Olympics after Spinal Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold Medalist Diver Matty Lee to Miss Paris Olympics after Spinal Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic gold medalist Matty Lee<\/strong> of Great Britain will miss the Paris Olympics this summer after undergoing spinal surgery.<\/p>\n

Lee posted to social media that he underwent a discectomy on his L5\/S1 disk. The procedure treated chronic pain that the 26-year-old had been suffering through.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Matty Lee MBE (@mattydiver)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n