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BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hodgkinson set to return in Lausanne on 20 August
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson will make her long-awaited return from injury at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on 20 23-year-old Briton has not raced competitively since winning gold in Paris last August after suffering a hamstring tear in a minor setback led to her withdrawing from Diamond League meetings in Stockholm and London, Hodgkinson is set to make her comeback just a month before the start of the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo."Third time's a charm!" she wrote on Instagram in reply to a post from the event organisers announcing her is aiming to find top form in time for the Worlds in September as she bids to go one better than the silver medals she won in 2022 and British 800m record holder will face compatriots Jemma Reekie and Georgia Hunter Bell, who triumphed in Hodgkinson's absence in London, on her return in event in Lausanne is the 13th of 15 in the Diamond League this concludes in Zurich on 27-28 August before the beginning of the World Championships on 21 September.
CTV News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Canada's Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, right, beats Canada's Marco Arop to win the Men's 800m during the Wanda Diamond League Series London Athletics Meet at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Saturday July 19, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) LONDON — Canadian middle-distance racer Marco Arop finished second in a Diamond League 800 metres Saturday. The 26-year-old from Edmonton posted a season-best one minute 42.22 seconds at London Stadium behind Kenyan victor Emmanuel Wanyonyi's 1:42. Britain's Max Burgin placed third in 1:42.36. Arop, the reigning world champion and last year's Olympic silver medallist in Paris, led at the final turn Saturday, but Olympic champion Wanyonyi reeled the Canadian in down the stretch. 'This is such a great place to race, and it lifted us all (to) produce a really competitive and close race today,' Arop said. 'I was happy to run a season best. I just trust in my coach's plan and it seems to be paying off.' Arop bested his previous fastest time this season of 1:42.73 in Monaco on July 11 when he finished fifth. Wanyonyi, who set a meet record in London, aims to take the world crown from Arop in September in Tokyo. 'I am so excited to win this race. That is what I came here to do, and it is great to set a meeting record too,' Wanyonyi said. 'It was a great race to be a part of. Preparation has been going well after Monaco, so this one was important today. My training right now is at 80 per cent, so I will be upping the training in the next few weeks and over the next races before Tokyo.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19 2025.
The Guardian
19-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Hunter Bell contends with double trouble after winning London Diamond League 800m
What does a hitherto 1500m specialist do when they cannot stop winning over 800m? Call the expert, of course. Back when she concluded a remarkable first full season as a runner with Olympic 1500m bronze in Paris last summer, Georgia Hunter Bell's path appeared to be set. Why change a successful formula? But change she has, and victory over 800m in London on Saturday provided a second win in her past two Diamond League races over the distance, having won in Stockholm last month. This is where the problem has arisen for September's world championships in Tokyo. Should she stick with the event in which she won her Olympic medal, should she target the shorter race over two laps, or should she attempt an audacious double that has increasingly fallen out of fashion over recent years? Helpfully, she has the perfect sounding board in her contacts book: 'I might actually reach out to Kelly Holmes and see what she thinks.' Holmes, who memorably won Olympic 800m and 1500m gold in 2004, initially contacted Hunter Bell after the Paris Games last summer. The relationship has since developed into something akin to a mentor and a mentee. So, after triumphing over a strong field at the London Stadium in 1min 56.74sec – the second-fastest time of her life – Hunter Bell is keen to hear what Holmes thinks of it all. 'Doing the double [at the world championships] is an option because the schedule's actually quite generous for it,' she said. 'There's proper days off; one event completes before the second starts. But I just think it's really hard and you might stuff your chances at both. So I don't know. A lot of people can have their opinion but there's very few that have actually done it. I'd like to see what Kelly has to say about it.' There is an additional factor. Shorn of her training partner, and Olympic champion, Keely Hodgkinson – who is expected to return from a hamstring injury in the coming weeks – 800m times have somewhat stagnated. By contrast, increasing numbers of 1500m women continue to break new ground. 'You've got to look strategically at the events,' said Hunter Bell. 'The 1500m has got even faster than last year. I didn't think that was possible, but it has again. Whereas the 800m, at the moment, is not as fast as it was last year. So if you're trying to get a medal, what is actually the best thing to do?' Elsewhere, the anticipated battle of the British runners failed to materialise in the men's 1500m as the young Kenyan upstart Phanuel Koech upset the 60,000-strong sellout crowd by outkicking reigning world champion Josh Kerr in the home straight to claim victory. Koech, 18, had never run a 1500m race before last month, but now owns three of the six fastest times in the world this year after triumphing in a meeting record of 3:28.82. Despite tracking him for most of the race, Kerr was unable to keep pace in the home straight, finishing second in 3:29.37. Former world champion Jake Wightman came fourth, while George Mills fell with 200m remaining. Ever bullish, Kerr remains confident that the world title he claimed from Wightman will remain in Britain. 'Yeah, 100%,' he said. 'The title lives here and it will continue to live here for the next year.' Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion Of his own run, he added: 'Good, not great. In general, I really liked how I felt throughout the whole race. I was waiting until about 120 to go, but that power wasn't quite there. We're getting there. I know I can make a big jump in the next couple of months.' Charlie Dobson took the scalp of British compatriot and Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith to win the 400m in a personal best 44.14, becoming the second-fastest European of all time in the process, while Morgan Lake won the high jump in a season's-best 1.96m. Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred ran a world-leading 21.71 to beat Dina Asher-Smith in the 200m, and America's Olympic champion, Noah Lyles, finished second over 100m behind Oblique Seville of Jamaica, who was well clear in 9.86. Before the action began, the British men's 4x400m team of Roger Black, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson and heat-runner Mark Hylton received an extraordinarily belated gold-medal upgrade 28 years after the 1997 world championships. Britain initially finished second, only for the American winners to later be stripped of their title after Antonio Pettigrew, who died in 2010, confessed in 2008 to doping between 1997 and 2003. 'On the one hand it's a real shame it's taken this long,' said Thomas. 'But on a personal level, it's really beautiful today. My son is here today. I didn't have any children back then. It felt really special.'
Independent Singapore
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Independent Singapore
Keely Hodgkinson signs up for ATHLOS NYC — an event where music festival meets track and field
Keely Hodgkinson, an Olympic 800m champion, is set to return at the ATHLOS NYC event at Icahn Stadium in New York on Oct 10. The athlete missed this summer's races due to a hamstring injury, and now, she also plans to compete at the World Championships in Tokyo this coming September. With this news, Hodgkinson expressed: 'Athlos NYC represents everything I love about our sport: unity, passion, and the pursuit of greatness… I can't wait to line up alongside some of the best in the world to cap off the season.' On social media, ATHLOS announced: ' Olympic gold medalist. BBC Sports Personality of the Year. 800M legend. THE Keely Hodgkinson is landing at ATHLOS NYC. Great Britain's track queen is coming to fight for her crown 👑' Netizens were buzzing with support: 'Happy to have you @ ATHLOS 25 is gonna be a movie,' one fan cheered, while another hyped her up for the road ahead — 'Good luck with the start of season preparing for the worlds.' One simply dropped the mic: 'Let's go for it ❤️❤️.' What is ATHLOS NYC? The ATHLOS NYC is a female-only track and field meet that debuted earlier this year. The event offers a unique experience to everyone, combining the excitement of a music festival with the intense feeling of a track and field meet. In between races, there would be live music and a major artist performing at the end, and each of the athletes would have their own walk-out songs. Furthermore, every athlete will be taking gains from the event's giveback programme. This allocates 10% of the ticket sales, sponsorship, and broadcast income back to the competitors, besides the prize money. The event will be held at the Icahn Stadium, 10 Central Road, New York, NY 10035. Spectators can go to the event by driving, taking the bus, walking, or riding a bike. Other female athletes who will participate are Tara Davis-Woodhall, Jasmine Moore, Monae Nichols, Quanesha Burks, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Masai Russell, Marileidy Paulino, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, and Brittany Brown. Kayla Green, CMO of ATHLOS, said: ' ATHLOS was built to celebrate the best women in track and field and give them a platform that matches their talent… This year's lineup represents the momentum of the sport and the greatest talent in women's track and field right now.' In another social media post, ATHLOS shared that tickets for the upcoming event are now on sale. The post caption remarked: 'ATHLOS NYC tickets are on sale NOW! 🎟️ Watch the world's best athletes put on a show! It's more than a meet — it's a moment and a movement.' To know more about the ATHLOS NYC event, click here.
BBC News
12-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hodgkinson to miss London Diamond League meet
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson will not compete at next weekend's London Diamond League as she continues to make her way back to full 23-year-old Briton is yet to start her outdoor season after tearing her hamstring in is back in full training after suffering a minor setback in June but has made the decision to delay her season opener to make sure she is completely ready to race with London coming too soon in her top form in time for September's World Championships in Tokyo, Japan is the priority for Manchester-born won silver at the Worlds in 2022 and 2023, she will hope to go one better this who was awarded an MBE in May, won 800m Olympic gold in Paris last summer with a stunning one minute 56.72 seconds also set a British record time of 1:54.61 at London Stadium in 2024 but the focus on collecting another global medal means sacrificing the chance to race on the same track this is another high-profile withdrawal from the London Diamond League following Norway's 1500m star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who had been set to renew his rivalry with Britain's Josh Kerr but will miss out with an meet in London on 19 July is the 11th of 15 in the Diamond League this season.
