Prescod and Hudson-Smith aiming to keep renaissance on track

FOR a time, Reece Prescod and Matthew Hudson-Smith felt like the forgotten men of British athletics.

- Matt Majendie

Every time Hudson-Smith promised to deliver, his body let him down, one injury following the other to the extent that he said: "I feel like I've had three years out."

And Prescod readily admitted his weight ballooned and his addiction to Call of Duty was having a debilitating effect on his athletics career.

Following all the previous setbacks, in 2022 they have been athletes reborn.

Hudson-Smith broke Iwan Thomas's 400metre British record, a mark that had stood for a quarter of a century. And tellingly the time the second-fastest by a European in history - was set at - the Eugene track which will host the World Athletics Championships next month.