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Melbourne, Sep 30 (PTI) Star pull-outs continued ahead of the Commonwealth Games with defending champion discus thrower Scott Martin of Australia withdrawing from the mega event due to a chest injury. Martin, who also won a bronze medal in shot put in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, injured a chest muscle while competing at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Cairns, North Queensland, last week. Martin, who was due to fly to New Delhi today, said he was disappointed not to defend his title next week. "I''ve had a category one or grade one tear in my right pectoral, which has disabled me from throwing, so I''m not going to make the trip," Martin was quoted as saying by ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''. "It''s a very difficult decision not to go, but the decision was made for me I guess with the injury. I really couldn''t compete, certainly not at my best and there would be no opportunity to train before the competition," he said. 26-year-old 100m hurdler Hayley Butler also withdrew from the Games to recover from stress fractures in both feet. She was to run alongside Australia''s Olympic silver medallist Sally Pearson. A number of Australians have already skipped the mega event for various reasons and the list includes swimmer Stephanie Rice, tennis player Samantha Stosur, discus world champion Dani Samuels, cyclist Travis Meyer and table tennis player Stephanie Sang.
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