FLASH IN JAPAN

Keely says Tokyo triumph will top Olympic gold

- from CHARLIE BENNETT

KEELY HODGKINSON admitted she thought injury would wreck her bid for World Championship gold - and claims success in Tokyo would trump her Olympic triumph.

Hodgkinson is looking to complete a rare set of 800m medals by adding the World crown to her golds last year in Paris (above) and the European Championships in Rome.

But a hamstring tear sustained in February, followed by a couple of setbacks, meant Hodgkinson was kept out of action until running a world-leading time last month in Silesia.

The 23-year-old is looking to upgrade World silvers from Eugene 2022 and Budapest 2023 and has even spoke about beating Jarmila Kratochvilova's world record set 42 years ago - the oldest in the sport.