体坛英语新闻：Olympic 800m race champion Jelimo promises comeback

“I heard the fans chant my name. I wanted to win, but credit to Jepkosgei, she beat me clean. I also realized that the younger athletes – Cherono Koech and Winnie Chebet – were very close,” said Jelimo.

At the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Jelimo pulled out after 200 metres of the semi final race with a knee injury and travelled to Belgium for treatment.

“After 100 metres I felt a sharp pain when I tried to push and so I decided to pull out rather than make the injury worse,” said Jelimo after running the semi-finals in Berlin. “It was painful but what could you do?”

This year in Shanghai, Jelimo clocked 2:01.52. It was Jelimo’s first race in eight months at the international level since she pulled out of Berlin World Championship.

Injuries are part and parcel of sports and Jelimo looked at her career hopeful that she will be able to run faster again.

She has since recovered and now is eying the start of the 2010-2011 season with determination that she will be at peak form to win the World Championship in Daegu, South Korea in August.

But she realised the huge task that awaits her. But she is resilient; she will be at the top of the world sooner than most people think.

Her rise was personal effort and she knows that self belief holds the key to her future. Jelimo is ready to take off the blocks.