Keely Hodgkinson mirrored with satisfaction on a second place end on the World Athletics Final Championship after revealing that she had been coping with a torn hamstring.
The Olympic champion was overwhelmed once more by her nice 800m rival Audrey Werro, who has emerged as the category of one in all athletics’ best occasions.
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Werro acquired the higher of Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol for a second time at a significant championships this summer time, following up European Championships gold by taking the $150,000 first prize in Budapest.
Whereas disillusioned to not be capable to match the Swiss strider, Hodgkinson was nonetheless blissful along with her efficiency having suffered an damage in her Europeans defeat in Birmingham final month.
“On the surface, folks may assume I am disillusioned with that however I am truly fairly pleased with how I approached that,” Hodgkinson defined to the BBC.
“When was Europeans? Three weeks, 4 weeks in the past. I sadly tore my hamstring throughout that race so I did not know if I used to be going to be right here, it was contact and go, I used to be actually on it with the rehab and everybody who helped me make the choice to come back right here.
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“I used to be shut and I used to be going for the win, however I am pleased with how I dealt with that. One other nice race. It has been a little bit of a irritating season, however I feel general, I am ending second on the earth and I am unable to actually be too laborious on myself for that. I look ahead to racing Audrey once more subsequent season.”
Hodgkinson had appeared a degree above the remainder of the world’s greatest on her solution to Olympic gold at Paris 2024 however has seen Werro emerge as an actual drive this season, and needed to take care of the arrival of former 400m hurdler Broeders-Bol into the longer occasion.
The trio’s rivalry might nicely be an interesting saga to comply with over the following few years – and the Briton is happy about how her foes could push her on.
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“I truthfully adore it,” Hodgkinson stated. “I feel it is actually nice for our sport and for ladies’s sport to have so many superb girls pushing one another.
“I am blissful to be a part of it. Hopefully subsequent time I will come out on prime.
“It is all the time me there preventing, that is one thing to be pleased with and take into the longer term, I am solely 24, hopefully I will be round for lots longer.”
