Keely Hodgkinson apologised in her live BBC interview after swearing upon revealing that she had recently torn her hamstring. The 24-year-old was beaten by Austrian Aubrey Werro at the Ultimate World Athletics Championships and later revealed that she was in a race to even feature after a bad injury.
Apology after accidental swear
When asked what it took to make it to this event, Hodgkinson accidentally swore. With the interview not live, BBC were able to bleep the expletive but Hodgkinson and presenter Sarah Mulkerrins both apologised.
Prior to that, she said: "On the outside, people might think I’m disappointed with that but I’m actually quite proud of how I approached that. What was Europeans three four weeks ago? I actually tore my hamstring during that race. So I didn’t know if I was going to be here it was very much touch and go, I was really on it with the rehab, I really owe it to my team and the doctors, everyone that helped me make the decision to come here."
Injury revelation and race details
She added: "I was realy close and I was obviously going for the win, but I’m proud of how we handled that and still fighting and another great race." When asked what she had to do to get on the start line, she swore and then added: "Excuse my French. Make sure things are ok and test it session by session, which is why we only made the decision a week ago."
"So it’s been a bit of a frustrating season, but I think overall, I’m finishing second in the world and I can’t really be too hard on myself with that and congrats to Audrey as well, an incredible season, dominant and I’ll look forward to racing her again next season."
Race outcome and prize money
The Great British athlete allowed Werro to set the pace but ultimately left it too late before making her move with Werro triumphing again with a time of one minute 55.88 seconds. The 24-year-old Brit breezed through her semi-final on Friday evening and had hopes of going one better in comparison to her second-place finish at the European Athletics Championships in mid-August.
Austrian Werro narrowly beat Hodgkinson on that occasion while Broeders-Bol came third with that being the same top-three order in Budapest. The winner of the event, which in this case was Werro, has claimed £110,000 - more than double the offering at last year's World Championships while runner-up Hodgkinson has claimed £55,000.
