Car crash leaves Davis-Woodhall facing late decision on Budapest event

Sept 2 : Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall has been unable to train ahead of next week's World Athletics Ultimate Championship after suffering a severe concussion in a car accident, casting doubt over her participation in the event.

The American said the head-on collision occurred while she was driving to a training session.

"I didn't have any life-threatening injuries. I have a severe concussion," Davis-Woodhall said during a call with reporters on Wednesday to promote the inaugural event, which runs from September 11 to 13 in Budapest.

"I pulled into the parking lot, and this lady just made a turn. We were both going about 20 miles per hour, so both of our cars were totalled."

The timing could hardly be worse for the 27-year-old, who said she had been in top form ahead of the championships.

"It's really unfortunate timing," she said. "I'm at the peak of my training right now. I'm as fast as I've ever been. I'm as strong as I've ever been."

She said the accident had been particularly challenging mentally.

"It's very scary," she said. "I'm lucky and blessed to be alive and no life-threatening injuries. I haven't trained at all due to it. I've seen my doctors and my physios, and everyone's just trying to get me back into it.

"I'm physically okay. Mentally, it's just something's going on in there."

STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO COMPETE

With the championships barely a week away, Davis-Woodhall said she had yet to decide whether she would compete.

"This decision is very difficult for me," she said. "I don't know where I am right now. So, day by day."

Davis-Woodhall is also the lead content creator for the inaugural event, which was designed to showcase the sport's biggest stars on and off the track in the hope of drawing