During Keely Hodgkinson’s season from hell she has fought back from three hamstring injuries, plunging lows and frustrations, and a 376-day enforced break from racing. But when she asked her body for one last miracle in Tokyo it was unable to obey.
Coming into the home straight of a spicy 800m, the Olympic champion once again saw gold in her eyes. But at the death, her lack of racing in 2025 – and, it later turned out, a stomach bug – caught up with her.
