Elaine Thompson-Herah eyes a strong 2025 comeback but injuries have been a nightmare in her athletics journey.
Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah hopes her injury will just go away as she eyes a strong comeback in the 2025 season.
Elaine has struggled with a series of injuries in the past seasons and in a past interview, she admitted that they have caused her much agony and her main wish is to wake up one day feeling better.
The multiple Olympic champion insisted that not being in a position to clock faster times like she used to do is a tough thing to watch as she added that the tons of disappointments have made her stronger over the past seasons.
Elaine Thompson-Herah has been a victim of injuries and at one point in her career, she felt like there was no need to keep trying.
The injury woes began in mid-2017, where Elaine Thompson-Herah developed a recurring Achilles tendon injury that affected her training and performances.
She has struggled to make an impact for long, and even missed the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after experiencing a discomfort in her right leg at the USATF NYC Grand Prix.
She had a strong start from the blocks but encountered the hitch during the race, crossing the finish line last in a time of 11.48 seconds and was unable to walk off the track.
“Disappointment does come but as I said I have to continue to work hard because I didn’t go to a championship to lose, it was just beyond my control,” Elaine Thompson-Herah said in an interview with Olympics.com.
“We just have to use those disappointments to motivate ourselves. That’s the key, disappointments make you better and stronger because I know what I’m facing is just this one injury that is lingering and I just hope that it goes away one day.”
She revealed that being an elite athlete going through the struggles is painful to watch since most of her fans have expectations and if she fails too deliver, it becomes a problem.
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Elaine admitted that for the longest time, she has always asked herself questions regarding her injuries and wondered why it always had to happen to her.
“The key is just to stay strong because sometimes, it’s maybe a little bit stressing to be a top athlete facing all these obstacles,” she revealed.
“You can’t produce the times that you normally produce and you might not be able to get a medal at a championship and sometimes you sit and wonder, ‘Why me?’ or ‘Why is this happening?’.”
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