Olympic high jump silver medallist Germaine Mason has withdrawn from the Aviva Great Britain team for the World Championships in Berlin which begin on Aug 15.
The Jamaica-born star, who was an unexpected runner-up in Beijing last year, suffered an ankle injury at last Friday's IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm.
A subsequent scan showed a significant ligament injury in the 26-year-old's take-off leg, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
"This is another blow to the team and the loss of Germaine, a proven championship performer, is particularly disappointing," said UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee.
"His was an injury sustained in competition, which is unfortunately an occupational hazard with elite athletes."
Toby Sandeman, the European Under-23 200 metres champion, has also pulled out citing a lack of fitness due to an ongoing foot problem that has hampered his ability to train since returning from Lithuania last month.
Van Commenee added: "Toby has been receiving treatment for an ongoing foot problem and has been unable to train over the last couple of weeks and of course that is not ideal preparation for competing at the World Championships.
"However we need to look ahead to the Championships and our focus is on the final preparations for those athletes who will be competing in Berlin."
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