Great Britain’s 800m favorite Keely Hodgkinson pulls out of World Indoor Championships due to recurrence of a quad injury… delivering enormous blow to British medal hopes in Belgrade
- Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson has pulled out of World Indoor Championships
- She warmed up on the Stark Arena however determined not to race following injury scare
- Her exit leaves Britain in danger of exiting the Championship with zero medals
Keely Hodgkinson has pulled out of the World Indoor Championships in a main blow to British medal probabilities in Belgrade.
The 20-year-old was a enormous favorite for gold within the 800m on Sunday however withdrew forward of Saturday’s semi-final as a precaution after battling a minor injury to her proper thigh.
The setback interrupts her astonishing early-season type, wherein the Olympic silver medallist ran the sixth quickest indoor 800m time in historical past final month. Her thigh concern is in the identical space as one sustained on her left leg in January, albeit much less critical.
Keely Hodgkinson was the overwhelming favorite for the 800 metre title in Belgrade
The setback – a minor injury to her proper thigh – interrupts her astonishing early-season type
With an eye fixed on a congested summer season, which incorporates the out of doors World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships, she mentioned: ‘I’ve had a few days with this – the opposite quad, not the unique one. I did the whole lot I may do put myself in the very best place to be on the beginning line in the present day nevertheless it simply wasn’t meant to be.
‘There could also be a weak spot there that we want to type out and going into the summer season it is simply too large to threat something at this stage.
‘I need to go and get wholesome and I need to begin that course of now relatively than threat getting a tear or one thing worse. It’s in all probability the very best, smart move for us. I’m gutted nevertheless it’s half of the game I assume.’
Hodgkinson’s exit leaves Britain in danger of exiting a world championships with zero medals for less than the second time in 35 campaigns indoors and out. The earlier event, in 2006, may very well be traced to Britain deploying a skeleton crew due to the proximity of the championships to the Commonwealth Games.
Hodgkinson’s exit leaves Britain in danger of exiting a world championships with zero medals
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