Brazil forward Bia Zaneratto said in an Instagram post on Sunday that she has a stress fracture in her foot that will prevent her from competing in the Paris Olympics, which begin later this month.
“Bia,” as she is commonly known, left Friday’s Kansas City Current game at halftime. She has struggled with a foot injury throughout the NWSL season that caused her to miss four of the Current’s 15 games.
“For a few months I’ve been struggling with plantar fasciitis pain,” she wrote in her Instagram post. “Those who’ve had it know how painful it is and especially for us athletes having to race against the weather to be well as soon as possible to do our job. “I’ve always considered myself very strong, a person who can really stand pain. I overcame myself during those months to be able to play and have the chance to be in another Olympics.
“But in the last game I ended up with a stress fracture in the fourth metatarsal that takes away any chance of living the Olympic dream.”
Bia, 30, has over 100 caps for Brazil. She began playing for Brazil at the age of 14 at the 2008 FIFA under-17 World Cup.
She began her senior career three years later, with her first cap coming in a 3-0 friendly win over Chile. She has 103 appearances for Brazil with 36 goals. She is a veteran of four FIFA World…
