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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rachel Steinberg

World Athletics Championships: Matt Hudson-Smith has hip problem in 400m heats

Olympic 400m silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith revealed he felt something in his hip after finishing fourth in his heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Hudson-Smith still qualified for Tuesday’s semi-final, but faces questions over his fitness he could not immediately answer after crossing the finish in 44.68 seconds, still enough to go through as one of the six-fastest non-automatic qualifiers.

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