Brits ready to roar as world-class athletics returns to Birmingham
World-class athletics is back in Britain and all four individual Tokyo Olympic medallists are aligned for the Muller Birmingham Diamond League.The stage is a sparkling new Alexander Stadium, a new home for this generation of track and field stars.For some, it has been a particularly rocky road to the start of an unprecedented season that takes in three majors in the space of a month.Keely Hodgkinson crashed through Kelly Holmes's British record on the way to Olympic silver, a stunning entrance onto the big stage.However, March's big comeback ended on a warm-up track in Belgrade as she withdrew from the World Indoor Championships with a thigh injury.«I took six weeks to get healthy and make my quads strong so hopefully it doesn't happen again,» said the 20-year-old.«I do think everything happens for a reason and it's better that it happened then than in June.
