Overview
- Hodgkinson disclosed this week in Budapest that an MRI taken after a prior injury showed a congenital 'split' hamstring tendon and that she sustained a grade 2C tear weeks before the European final in Birmingham.
- The split tendon means she has two tendon strands where most athletes have one, which allowed her to continue running when one strand failed but also creates uncertainty about long‑term strength and vulnerability.
- She says a June fall on a raised metal grate in Manchester and a busy midseason schedule, including the Prefontaine Classic, may have contributed to the hamstring problems that followed.
- Despite the injury, Hodgkinson finished second to Audrey Werro in the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest and plans to end her season at the Athlos all‑women meeting in Barnet.
- Her team has shifted training away from top‑speed sessions toward strength work to manage risk, a change that will shape her immediate race program and complicate any near‑term push for Jarmila Kratochvílová’s 800m world record.