The 22-year-old is favourite for gold in the women's 800m
Keely Hodgkinson wouldn’t be human if she didn’t feel the weight of an entire nation pressing down on her.
“If anyone sees me as a poster girl like she was, then that's quite a big achievement so I'm privileged to be in this position and hopefully I can go on and do what she did and bring home the gold.” Reekie added: “It’s not fair to put every bit of pressure on her. Just let her do her thing. We’ll all be rooting for her.”
“Even when I was out there injured and wasn't running for a while, it just felt like one thing after the other but in those times you just have to be consistent and keep going and that's how I've got where we are today. I think missing the indoors was a blessing in disguise and allowed me to really put together some solid back-to-back weeks and you're seeing those weeks now.”
“Going into London I just wanted to give it my all and to knock over half a second off my national record from last year at the end of the season is so great. And the way I ran it as well, for me, leading it the whole way, I think there could be more in there it just depends how it goes. It shows how much work I've put in and how much I really want it.”
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