That is a goal to go with the gilded ones. Two laps at the Diamond League’s Polish stopover have firmly re-established her as the favourite to win her first world title in Tokyo, and it was remarkable to see her make a return from a year-long hiatus look so easy when the truth is the road has been long, hard and dotted with potholes.
“It’s been three different things,” explains Painter, whose canny coaching partnership with his wife, Jenny Meadows, has facilitated Hodgkinson’s ascent. “The injury after the Olympics was the bottom of the hamstring on the left leg just behind the knee. The one indoors [in February] was the top of the left hamstring.
“Then we were two weeks out from running in Stockholm in June and the right one did the same thing. They said it was a grade-three tear, but we don’t feel it was. It was fixed a bit quicker than that but the scans always show more and you just have to be sensible and cautious and take your time."
I assume the grade three tear is what Painter is referring to at the at end of this quote.
I'm assuming "they" are the medical team responsible for the scan and diagnosis of the hamstring issue.
One thing I guarantee she did is hop on a short flight across to Munich to visit Dr Müller-Wohlfahrt, who has been fixing hamstrings (mostly for the worlds best sprinters) in a jiffy for decades. Very famous in the sport.
I did smile at the thetimes article there talking about the WR. As good as Hodgkinson is (and in the event all is legit here), she is probably the WR holder already even at 1.54.61, there is no snowmans chance in hell she's running under 1.53.28. She's not "in sight" of it at all really - and that is sad and telling, but it's the truth. I think a more realistic lifetime goal for her is breaking 1.54.0 and just having her PR starting with the numbers 1,5 and 3.
You know I did forget about that doctor. I could accept this, and I don't think anything he does is technically banned? More grey area stuff as I understand it (otherwise athletes wouldn't be taking pictures with him and posting them)
It’s time to talk about the American women who made podium at nationals. All dopers. OP wouldn’t be writing this pathetic stalking type thread if Keely was American
Well, if she were a black Anerican you mean. The way Ajee Wilson and Gabby Thomas for instance, have been let slide in their careers, is disgraceful and absolutely race-based. Yet the wokesters don’t want to see it or admit it.
a common sentiment on this web site is that the blacks are bad and dopers, and the whites are good clean heroes. I would say greater than 70 percent feel this way.
August 2024 - Post-Olympic final: "minor knee injury" - shuts down season
Feb 2025 - Pulls out of Keely Klassic due to GRADE THREE left hamstring tear, whilst being in indoor WR shape
May 2025 - According to this article, she has ANOTHER GRADE THREE TEAR.
July-August 2025 - Pulls out of several meets to postpone her opener, comes back after over a year without a race and drops a 1:54.75.
A grade 3 tear is a complete rupture. Gabby Thomas had a grade 2 (less severe) tear before USAs in 2022 and didn't even make the team, which "only" required a 22 flat (which is certainly no 1:54.7). How was Keely able to:
a) Go from a knee injury to WR shape from August 2024 - Feb 2025
b) Completely tear her hamstring TWICE then rehab and be in "close to WR shape" (her coach's words) from May - August 2025?
If no-one here is willing to admit that the exact same set of circumstances for Mary Moraa or any other non-western athlete would result in relentless suspicion from this very forum, then I do not think we are being very honest.
Furthermore, is the concept of "race sharpness" something that doesn't apply to Keely? Her past 2 seasons were opened in 1:55 as well, the 2024 one also being off the back of an injury. How is she getting in so much high quality training whilst noticeably injured? Athing Mu said she is currently fit, yet was only able to open to a 2:03 and after injuring her hamstring last year was barely in 1:59 shape, despite arguably being more talented (or at least equally so) than Keely and having everything on the line (Olympic team). A lot is made of the fact that Bobby is coaching her (doping allegations) yet Keely's profile has undoubtedly been more dubious than Mu's, even going back to teenage years.
It appears to me that at the very least her injury stories are heavily exaggerated. The possibility of her having "help" to rehab these so fast time and time again, or these stories just being coverups definitely seems more than 0. Most athletes with these injuries are out for at least a season and sometimes aren't the same after. I'm to believe she had 2 grade 3 tears plus a knee injury and is in WR shape? Please let me know how this makes any sense. Mind you, I've seen people on this forum suspicious of Jonah Koech for taking less time off than this due to a tight hamstring. This is two grade three tears.
I don't think she took any PED's. I do think she was taking some serious steroidal ant-inflammatory MED's if in fact she was as hurt as advertised. Both are illegal, but one is for the sake of running fast, and the other is to treat an injury. It all comes down to ethics, and how Keely and her team interprets them. The ONLY red flag I see is if the injuries were as bad as they're saying, how did she maintain and gain the aerobic/anaerobic fitness the past year without being able to train full speed. Given it was both her legs, she couldn't have been able to run very much.
The hypocrisy on here is unparralled. Look at what Hocker, Rooks et al did last year - massive, massive PB Improvements in Olympic finals out of NOWHERE.
You all turn the other cheek when it's an american, and accuse the rest of the world.
Did the USA athletes that you mention also have major injuries? Brazier is the only one I recall and he was out for years.
Well, if she were a black Anerican you mean. The way Ajee Wilson and Gabby Thomas for instance, have been let slide in their careers, is disgraceful and absolutely race-based. Yet the wokesters don’t want to see it or admit it.
a common sentiment on this web site is that the blacks are bad and dopers, and the whites are good clean heroes. I would say greater than 70 percent feel this way.
Fair enough. Also I've made a thread on Hoey before - still can't believe he isn't in the AIU testing pool yet (he is in the USADA one though).
“Interesting” that Phanuel Koech immediately got in the testing pool but Olympic finalist Max Burgin, 3:28/12:46 man George Mills and World Indoor Champ Josh Hoey are not.
We're not hypocrites at all. We just call it like we see it. Every single one of the American sprinters in the 100 and 200 is doping. Kenny Bednarek, Noah Lyles, Sha'carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, Gabby Thomas, etc. You name an American 100/200 runner and they are doping. I don't think you will find any Americans defending this other than cite the fact that probably every World Class sprinter is doping, which is probably true.
Getting further up the distances, we are under no illusions about the performances of Josh Hoey or Addy Wiley and I think the vast majority of people on here would say they are doping. Most of us won't defend Shel-burrito either and there is a healthy skepticism about Nikki Hiltz. We're also very skeptical of any of Shelly's former Bowerman teammates, especially Karissa Schweizer and Elise Cranny. There's no smoke about Grant Fisher and Cole Hocker, but both are sponsored by Nike and we're not naive that Nike covers up a lot of things.
I don't love the Sydney McLaughlin and Athing Mu are coached by Bobby Kersee, but other than that, there is no smoke about either of them and they are two of the most talented runners the US has produced. They have also stagnated out, which you wouldn't expect if they were in fact doping.
Now, there are a few guys we will absolutely defend. Bryce Hoppel, Hobbs Kessler, Yared Nuguse, and Nico Young are included here. We have to have someone to root for, and there is no smoke about any of these guys.
Now that I've called out our US runners, let me say this: Keeley Hodkinson is 100% doping. Jessica Hull is 100% doping. I'm not sure about Jakob Ingebrigtsen, but he is sponsored by Nike, so I view him with a healthy skepticism like I do Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher.
On the flipside, I think Josh Kerr, Femke Bol, and Natalia Bukowiecka are clean. I do think there are a lot of doping Kenyans and Ethiopians, but I think there are many very talented runners from Kenya and Ethiopia that are in fact clean as well. I put Timothy Cheryiout and Yomif Kejelcha here.
Doesn't matter. She's protected. Just like Farah, Radcliffe, Holmes, etc.
A lot of the elite runners are protected, but they still need to pass drug tests and not be blatantly doping. None of the countries want egg on their face if one of their athletes pop a positive test via the AIU outside of their control. That said, I believe the rumor that Keeley served a 1 year shadow ban in the wake of the Olympics is 100% true and served as a warning to her. I also think the US "whereabouts" failures are actually positive tests by USADA that they lessen the penalty for.
Fair enough. Also I've made a thread on Hoey before - still can't believe he isn't in the AIU testing pool yet (he is in the USADA one though).
“Interesting” that Phanuel Koech immediately got in the testing pool but Olympic finalist Max Burgin, 3:28/12:46 man George Mills and World Indoor Champ Josh Hoey are not.
I might be going out on a limb here, but I'll take a wild guess that it might be due to 400+ Kenyan doping busts, including men's 1500m Olympic and World Champions.