"Yeah, training's gone really well. I'm very happy with where I am. As you get into an indoor season and you start racing and running faster and the reps get shorter and the recovery gets longer, I think you just naturally come into even more shape, which is obviously really exciting."
"Fast times are obviously really great, but championships are just completely different and having three rounds in three days is another curveball. That's really tough. I've done it before. I quite like to have a day off. But I'm looking forward to it and this last month has been great."
"It's the one medal I don't have so it would be really great to box that one off. Until I've crossed the finish line, I'm not going to jinx anything. But I'm excited to be here."
Keely Hodgkinson, the Olympic champion, is the overwhelming favourite to win her first world indoor title at the World Indoor Championships in Poland this weekend. After breaking Jolanda Ceplak's indoor 800m world record with a time of 1:54.87 in February, Hodgkinson has continued to improve through training. She acknowledges that racing and running faster naturally brings athletes into even better shape as the indoor season progresses. Her main rival, Tsige Duguma, cannot compete due to visa issues affecting four Ethiopian athletes. Hodgkinson emphasizes that championships differ from fast times, with the challenge of competing three times over three days. At 24 years old, winning this title would complete her medal collection across major competitions, as she has previously missed the world indoors three times due to injury.
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