Olympic 800m champion will toe the beginning line for the primary time since Paris in Poland this afternoon following irritating yr with hamstring accidents
Keely Hodgkinson will put 376 days of harm frustration behind her in Poland this afternoon by racing for the primary time since storming to Olympic gold final summer time.
And the 800m famous person will instantly hope to put down a marker with lower than a month to go earlier than the World Championships in Tokyo.
Hodgkinson, 23, has been battling a collection of hamstring points since her superb triumph in Paris and had a collection of false begins thus far this season, together with withdrawing from her personal indoor meet in Birmingham after tearing a muscle.
However she’s going to tackle a modest area in Silesia as an appetiser to their Diamond League programme earlier than competing in Lausanne on Wednesday night time.
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And Hodgkinson stated: “It’s been a very long time, over a yr since Paris. It wasn’t my plan to be this late however I’m simply tremendous joyful to be again on a begin line.
“I’ve missed it lots, that is what I prepare to do. I can’t wait to get on the market, give my best possible and we’ll see what occurs.
“It’s been a irritating yr for actual, it’s been so lengthy coming off the again of successful the Olympics final yr, not best in any respect not even getting on a begin line.
“It’s been upsetting at occasions. It’s been irritating however it makes the nice occasions sweeter and it makes it even higher to be right here now.”
Georgia Hunter Bell, who races over 1500m in the present day, will make up her thoughts over whether or not to try the middle-distance double in Tokyo after Lausanne.
Hodgkinson’s coaching accomplice believes the trail to a medal within the shorter distance may very well be clearer though she received Olympic bronze over the longer occasion a yr in the past. But how Hodgkinson performs within the subsequent few days may additionally inform Hunter Bell’s determination.
“It’s only a stepping stone on the way in which there” Hodgkinson stated of how vital her season opener shall be in relation to Tokyo. “I’m wanting ahead to being aggressive once more. I’m able to go, I’m simply excited to place one thing collectively.”
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