5 days ago Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson ran a idiosyncratic champion astatine the Diamond League successful Stockholm but it was not capable to bushed Audrey Werro.
The Swiss jock stunned Hodgkinson by winning successful a clip of 1 infinitesimal and 53.98 seconds - the 3rd fastest women's 800m clip ever and fastest successful the satellite this year.
Hodgkinson was narrowly down successful a British grounds of 1:54:33 portion American Roisin Willis was 3rd successful 1:57:56.
The 24-year-old Briton has targeted the satellite grounds this twelvemonth and smashed the satellite indoor grounds successful February.
And though she ran her fastest 800m clip since July 2024 - 1:54.61 astatine the Diamond League gathering successful London - Werro took much than a 2nd disconnected her erstwhile champion (1:56.64).
The 22-year-old acceptable the gait during a archetypal thigh of 55.54 seconds and though Hodgkinson deed the beforehand with 300m remaining, Werro cruised past her conscionable aft they turned onto the location straight.
Hodgkinson finished seventh successful a uncommon outing implicit 400m during Thursday's Diamond League gathering successful Rome.
More to follow.
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