Perry Baker, the world’s top male rugby sevens player in 2017 and 2018, said he suffered a broken fibula in a match on Feb. 21 and is rehabbing to return before the Tokyo Olympics that open July 23.
“I was running, got caught up underneath me and just popped it,” Baker said Wednesday. “The doctors told me that it’s nothing serious. Put a little pin it, and I’ll be fine. I’ll be back. So, actually, I’m walking right now. He told me, at the end of this month, I should be running.”
The Olympic roster is expected to be named in late June or early July.