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Hodgkinson won't rule out record bid
The Gazette
|August 20, 2025
KEELY Hodgkinson has left open the possibility of breaking her own British 800 metres record at Saturday's Diamond League meet in Lausanne.
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The Olympic champion marked her return from a 376-day absence on Saturday in Silesia in stunning style, clocking a world-leading one minute and 54.74 seconds, the ninth-fastest women’s 800 metres performance in history.
It was also the second quickest Hodgkinson had ever run her signature event, behind her own national record of 1:54.61 set at the London Diamond League last year.
“I guess I was pretty close the other day, so I wouldn't rule it out, no,’ said the 23-year-old.
“T think it just depends, like, when you're running those kinds of times you've really got to be on the pace. Point four out can cost you point four later on.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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