Zola Budd, the South African-born track star...

Zola Budd, the South African-born track star who was out of action for almost a year because of a leg injury, says she’s now ready for a comeback after believing her running career to be over.

“I’m very confident I will be able to run as well as I used to, or even better,” she said in an interview with the Times of London, conducted at her training camp near Johannesburg. She also said she is “ready to race anytime I want to.”