Jessica Warner-Judd reveals trauma therapy and depression before London Marathon

• Athlete who collapsed on track in 2024 ready for London

• Warner-Judd admits hitting ‘rock bottom’ after seizure

There are sporting comebacks.

And then there is Jessica Warner-Judd’s remarkable return from a focal seizure during the 10,000m at the European Championships in 2024.

Those of us in Rome that night watched Judd wander distressingly across the track with 600m to go https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/13/warner-judd-provisionally-diagnosed-with-epilepsy-after-mid-race-seizure">before collapsing and being carried off and sedated.

What we didn’t see was what followed: the trauma therapy, depression and fears she would never run again.