KEELY HODGKINSON says it was torture to have missed more than two months of early season training because of a knee injury.
But the 800m star believes that time off will prove a "blessing in disguise" as she aims to defend her European title before upgrading an Olympic silver medal to gold in Paris.
The 22-year-old gets her Euros campaign underway in Rome this morning as the heaviest of favourites, with a personal best four seconds faster than the rest of the field.
And having not run a step for nine weeks at the turn of the year, she is ready to "be the best I've ever been".
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 10, 2024 من Daily Mirror UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 10, 2024 من Daily Mirror UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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