Javelin world champion Anderson Peters, 24, is said to have been attacked during a boat trip in his home country of Grenada on Wednesday night.

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This was reported by several media, including the website news day. The Grenada Olympic Committee also confirmed the attack in a press release.

– The Grenada Olympic Committee has sadly received the news of the cowardly acts of five people physically assaulting our sporting icon and national hero, Anderson Peters.

The javelin thrower won WC gold during this year’s championships in Eugene, USA, and defended that gold from WC in Doha in 2019.

A video circulating on social media site Twitter shows what was supposed to be Peteres being attacked by five men. The world champion was beaten, laid to the ground and kicked, while he himself tried to fight back. It is not known what caused the basket attack, according to the website Circle.

According to the user who uploaded the video, Peters should have been thrown into the water towards the end of the riot.

Police in Grenada confirmed to Newsday that they were investigating the incident involving Peters, and that the javelin thrower had received treatment for minor injuries. The country’s Olympic Committee confirmed the same.

– We have received preliminary information about the incident and understand that our world champion suffered non-life-threatening injuries following the attack, they wrote in a press release.

The 24-year-old has not yet commented on the incident.

The javelin thrower should be at home in Grenada after he participated in last week’s Commonwealth Games. The Olympics are championships that follow the Olympic pattern, in which countries and states that recognize the British monarch as head of the organization participate.

In addition to being a doubles world champion, Peters has silver and bronze at the Commonwealth Games, as well as gold at the Pan-American Championships in 2019.