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- Daily Mirror
Keely Hodgkinson set for first race 376 days since Olympic gold after year of injury horror
Olympic 800m champion will toe the start line for the first time since Paris in Poland this afternoon following frustrating year with hamstring injuries Keely Hodgkinson will put 376 days of injury frustration behind her in Poland this afternoon by racing for the first time since storming to Olympic gold last summer. And the 800m superstar will immediately hope to lay down a marker with less than a month to go before the World Championships in Tokyo. Hodgkinson, 23, has been battling a series of hamstring issues since her glorious triumph in Paris and had a series of false starts so far this season, including withdrawing from her own indoor meet in Birmingham after tearing a muscle. But she will take on a modest field in Silesia as an appetiser to their Diamond League programme before competing in Lausanne on Wednesday night. And Hodgkinson said: 'It's been a long time, over a year since Paris. It wasn't my plan to be this late but I'm just super happy to be back on a start line. 'I've missed it a lot, this is what I train to do. I can't wait to get out there, give my absolute best and we'll see what happens. 'It's been a frustrating year for real, it's been so long coming off the back of winning the Olympics last year, not ideal at all not even getting on a start line. 'It's been upsetting at times. It's been frustrating but it makes the good times sweeter and it makes it even better to be here now.' Georgia Hunter Bell, who races over 1500m today, will make up her mind over whether to attempt the middle-distance double in Tokyo after Lausanne. Hodgkinson's training partner believes the path to a medal in the shorter distance could be clearer even though she won Olympic bronze over the longer event a year ago. Yet how Hodgkinson performs in the next few days could also inform Hunter Bell's decision. 'It's just a stepping stone on the way there' Hodgkinson said of how important her season opener will be when it comes to Tokyo. 'I'm looking forward to being competitive again. I'm ready to go, I'm just excited to put something together.'
Leader Live
3 hours ago
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Keely Hodgkinson admits injury absence since Olympics has been upsetting
The 23-year-old has not raced since claiming gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics after sustaining a hamstring injury in February, then suffering setbacks – twice-postponing her season debut. Hodgkinson will return to the track on Saturday in the 800 metres at the Silesia Diamond League meet, though Hodgkinson's signature event is not a 'diamond' discipline in Poland. 'It's been a frustrating year for real,' said Hodgkinson, who still hopes to be in fighting shape for the world championships in Tokyo, now less than one month away. A post shared by 🌪 (@ 'Coming back into June, not being able to do anything and it had been so long, coming off the back of winning the Olympics last year, not ideal at all that I couldn't even get on the start line. 'It's definitely been a bit upsetting at times. Missing London was hardest for me, because it was so good last year. I just wanted to be there in front of my home crowd, especially coming back after the Olympics. 'It's been frustrating but it makes the good times sweeter and it makes it even better to be here now. 'I think tomorrow is just a stepping stone on the way there. I'm looking forward to getting out there, just being competitive again. I've come out ready to go, so I'm just excited to put something together.' Hodgkinson was forced to pull out of the inaugural edition of her eponymous Keely Klassic event in February, then the Stockholm and London Diamond Leagues. "It's been a frustrating year"@keelyhodgkinson on battling back from injury in 2025.#DiamondLeague#SilesiaDL🇵🇱 — Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) August 15, 2025 It was at the latter last season that Hodgkinson set a new national record of one minute 54.61 seconds in the 800 metres, weeks before becoming just the third British female Olympic champion at the distance after Ann Packer and Dame Kelly Holmes. Hodgkinson's trip to Poland has already got off to a speedy start. She revealed: 'The guys yesterday, the organisers, picked us up in a Porsche, we get about 10 minutes in and they were like, 'do you want to drive it?' 'I was like, 'of course I want to drive it!'. He was actually being serious, so I got in the car and drove it all the way back. It was fun.' Hodgkinson hopes to secure her first world title in Japan after back to back silvers at the last two championships, and is making the best of what remains in her control. The Lausanne Diamond League on August 20th – where the 800 metres is a diamond discipline, is next up. Hodgkinson added: 'It's been a long time. Over a year since Paris. It wasn't my plan to be this late, but I'm just super happy to get back on the start line. 'I've missed it. I've missed it a lot. This is what I trained to do, so I can't wait to go out there and just give it my absolute best and we'll see what happens.'
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