THE season may be over for one Worcester athlete but there are two others who will be keen to put the city on the map this summer.

Worcester student Matthew Hudson-Smith has secured his place at the Rio Olympics after winning the 400 metres at the British Championships.

There was also success for Tudor Grange Academy pupil Joel Khan, who has been named in the British team for next month’s European Youth Championships.

However, a “soul-destroying” calf injury has brought long-distance runner Jenny Nesbitt’s season to an abrupt end.

The 21-year-old was in confident mood ahead of next week’s European Championships in Amsterdam.

But her dream of representing Great Britain at her first major event was shattered when she pulled up during the Pitchcroft 10k.

After undergoing an MRI scan, it was revealed Nesbitt had damaged her gastrocnemius muscle, which forms part of the calf.

“It is absolutely soul-destroying to have to end my season because it was going so well,” said Nesbitt, who clinched gold and bronze at the European Cup in Turkey earlier this month.

“I was really fit and ready to run fast times, so I am really disappointed. After racing in Turkey, I got back into training.

“I was running the Pitchcroft 10k and had to pull out after 3k as it was just too painful. I had never pulled out of a race before.

“It has definitely been more mentally than physically tough as I have had to come to terms with the fact that I can’t run for a while.”

Doctors have advised Nesbitt not to run for six weeks and the former Royal Grammar School Worcester pupil, now studying at the University of Bath, is determined to come back stronger.

“My main goal now is the European Cross Country trials in November,” she said.

“I am going to be on the cross trainer and doing aqua jogging to get myself back fit.

“If anything, I hope it (the injury) will make me mentally stronger and I will learn a few lessons, which I can then put into my training when I start running again.”

Nesbitt can take inspiration from Hudson-Smith, who has recovered from three stress fractures to his back to make the Olympics.

The 21-year-old from Wolverhampton, who has just finished his second year at the University of Worcester studying PE and sports coaching science, clocked 44.88 seconds to win the British title at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.

“Last year I was watching this (the championships) at my nan’s on the bed,” he said. “She just brought me food. I was in bits.”

Worcester Athletic Club star Khan will also be hoping to make an impact on the international stage when he competes in Tbilisi, Georgia, from July 14 until July 17.

The 16-year-old county schools champion high jumper finished third at the England Athletics Under 20 and Under 23 Championships in Bedford after recording a personal best of 2.09m.

Khan smashed the intermediate boys’ record of 2.08m in the county competition at Nunnery Wood, Worcester.

His jump would have also beaten the senior boys’ best.