Victoria Azarenka, women’s singles bronze medalist at the 2012 London Games, will miss the Rio Olympics after revealing Friday that she is pregnant with her first child.
The former world No. 1 from Belarus sits at No. 6 in the world rankings, and her withdrawal leaves only Serena and Venus Williams as women in the Rio field who have previously earned Olympic singles medals. Serena won the 2012 gold medal after defeating Maria Sharapova, who is currently banned from the sport.
“While recovering from the knee injury that I sustained at Roland Garros, I received news from my doctor that my boyfriend and I are going to become parents at the end of this year,” Azarenka wrote in a message on Twitter.