Sally Pearson of Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 100m hurdles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, August 1, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Olympic champion sprint hurdler Sally Pearson has finally begun the road back to competition after her horror fall in Rome and is convinced she will be a contender once again when the Rio de Janeiro Games come around in a year's time.
On Wednesday, the 28-year-old was still showing the scars from surgery on the "bone explosion" she suffered in the tumble at the Diamond League meeting in early June that left her fearing her lower left arm might need to be amputated.
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