Athletics-Johnson-Thompson included in Britain's pentathlon squad for indoor championships


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's High Jump - Heptathlon High Jump - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 4, 2021. Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Britain reacts REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

(Reuters) - Katarina Johnson-Thompson could return to action from a seven-month absence at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade after she was included in Britain's pentathlon squad on Thursday.

Johnson-Thompson has not competed since withdrawing from the Olympic heptathlon with a calf injury that caused her to pull up in the 200 metres at the Tokyo Games in August 2021.

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