{"id":4451,"date":"2023-01-08T03:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T03:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/lynsey-sharp-makes-comeback-from-injury-and-child-birth\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T03:48:36","slug":"lynsey-sharp-makes-comeback-from-injury-and-child-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/lynsey-sharp-makes-comeback-from-injury-and-child-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynsey Sharp makes comeback from injury and child birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Lynsey Sharp raced for the first time since September 2019 on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Former European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp raced for the first time in more than three years as she made her comeback from injury and child birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">The 32-year-old Briton last competed at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">Scot Sharp, who claimed Commonwealth silver in Glasgow in 2014, won the 600m at Glasgow Athletics Miler Meet at the Emirates Arena on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;I was nervous even though I&#8217;ve been training here for weeks and was telling myself &#8216;it&#8217;s just the same&#8217;,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;I think it is the first time I have finished a race in Glasgow since that night at Hampden in the Commonwealths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">&#8220;It has been really hard coming back because first there was Covid and then there was having a baby.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">Sharp and partner Andrew Butchart, a 2016 Olympic 5,000m finalist, had a baby boy, called Max, in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/athletics\/57160981\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-2.0\">vowed to come back after giving birth<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.3\">, having also had surgery <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/athletics\/50437041\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.$link-5.0\">to remove cancerous cells<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.6\"> in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Sharp said: &#8220;I was really getting close last April when I then had a stress fracture. At that point I thought the Birmingham 2022 (Commonwealth Games) qualifying standard was on for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8220;So it is tough and there have been times when I&#8217;ve wondered if I really want to do this all again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">&#8220;But I have had great support from Andrew and we are both doing it, so it takes a lot of teamwork to make things happen the way you want.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-12\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:11.875%;\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-12.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/109DD\/production\/_127816086_iplayer_header_grey_8-1x.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/109DD\/production\/_127816086_iplayer_header_grey_8-1x.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/109DD\/production\/_127816086_iplayer_header_grey_8-1x.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/109DD\/production\/_127816086_iplayer_header_grey_8-1x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/109DD\/production\/_127816086_iplayer_header_grey_8-1x.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Watch on iPlayer banner\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-12.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-14\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:1.9791666666666665%;\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-14.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E2CD\/production\/_127816085_iplayer_footer-1920x38-1x.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/E2CD\/production\/_127816085_iplayer_footer-1920x38-1x.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E2CD\/production\/_127816085_iplayer_footer-1920x38-1x.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/E2CD\/production\/_127816085_iplayer_footer-1920x38-1x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/E2CD\/production\/_127816085_iplayer_footer-1920x38-1x.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Watch on iPlayer footer\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".1vg3izy8p9w.0.0.0.1.$image-14.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/athletics\/64198222?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynsey Sharp raced for the first time since September 2019 on Friday Former European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp raced for the first time in more than three years as she made her comeback from injury and child birth. The 32-year-old Briton last competed at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. 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