200 in the world champion Finlay Knox, who deals with back injuries, will compete in Canadian attempts

2024 World 200 im -Champion Finlay Knox Von Canada announced on April 29 that he deals with a back injury.

Knox announced that the injury is a left-sided disc sum between its L4 and L5 vertebrae, and made it clear that it did not come from a training problem.

Despite the setback, Knox emphasized on Instagram that his goals remain unchanged for the year and that he plans to participate in legal proceedings, “100%” and “Ready to go”.

He wrote: “I currently have a left-handed discount between my L4 and L5 vertebrae.

“Usually I don't post much about personal setbacks, but I want to start sharing a little more of the full journey. As a athlete, the way is not always right and that's okay. I think it is important that the setbacks take place instead of hiding it, and there is always a positive way forward.

“Some of them probably noticed that I only drove and scratched the rest at Canada Open Championships. In the past few months I have led some pretty bad nerve pain deep in my left buttock muscles and in my knee. After a few weeks of treatment and the limited training, the tried to cope with it, we have decided to get an MRI on the left Discussed, Bulvig between My L4 and L5 B5.

“The good news is that it is nothing big and I really are lucky enough to have an incredible team at @HPC_Vancouver and at home at @Aisstokotoks that help me. We have a strong plan and things are already in the right direction.

“Just to clarify it, this was not out of overtraining, overload in the gym or everything that overloads avoidable things, sometimes these things happen. What matters is how they deal with it.

“The goals for the summer have not changed. I will appear 100% at tests and be ready.

“From now on it only means a deliberate recovery, many Mackenzie presses and a lot of good keeping of the lower back!”

Knox shared an update on May 16th, Saying, “I Just Want to Thanks for the Kind Messages About My Back. It's Been a Challenging Few Months, But I'm Making Sure to Enjoy the Challenge and With that i'm Getting Closer and Closer to Full Health. @Hpc_vancouver for always having me covered and making sura I'm Getting the right treatment to speed up recovery. ”

He added: “For reasons of video length, I could not include everything I did to support my recovery. But two important pillars were appropriate nutrition and enough calm, both in addition to the rehab exercises and treatments.”

Last Wednesday, Knox provided a third update: “The first real Long Course meeting of 2025 in the books. Many things that I had to take back for training while preparing for the next month.

“Great News is the back that is kept in order over the weekend, which really calms down that the work and treatment plan @HPC_Vancouver and I have carried out in the past 2 months.

“Big Great to all volunteers and employees who set up and help this event. Really astonishing that @Swimmelzajac has been running for 60 years!”

The Meet Knox refers to Mel Zajac Junior International, which took place from Friday, 16th to Sunday, May 18th. While he was not on his bread-and-butter event, the 200 in the, he swam, he swam and won the 50 fly (23.73) and 100 breast (1: 01.64).

He also freely took the 2nd place in 100 (50.03) and the 4th in the 100th back (56.00). His personal bests at these events are 23.25, 1: 00.66, 48.29 and 55.25.

This was Knox 'first long course meeting of the year, with the exception of the Canadian openings, of which he withdrew in the first day after the recording of the Prelims times of 1: 03.26 in the 100 breast and 54.07 in the 100 fly on the first day.

Knox is the best known for his outstanding performance in the 200 in the 2024 World Championships, where he took the opportunity in the final in last year's worlds in Doha – and in the past 50 meters strongly classified on Carson Foster to claim his first world championship title. He reset his Canadian recording in the process with a time of 1: 56.64.

Knox then lowered this recording to 1: 56.07 at the Canadian Olympic exams, a time that took him in sixth place in the world for the year. At the Olympic Games, he took the 8th place in 200 in 200 in 1: 57.26.

It is incredibly versatile and took part in the Breast and fly legs in Medley in Medley in Canada's 4 × 100 free season (47.96 at 2024 LC Worlds) and in the 50s short distance in the 5024 course world (23.03) in the 50s. He covered the year with four medals of these SC worlds, including a single bronze in the 200 in.

This year, Knox finished worlds (1: 58.23), 17th in 2022 Worlds (1: 59.60) and 17th in his first Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 (1) with a time of 1: 58.29.

At the Canadian Olympic Studies 2020 in Toronto, Knox broke for the first time the national record in 200 -M and 1: 58.07.