World Athletics Championships 2025: Keely Hodgkinson goes for gold in 800m and more – live

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There’s so much confidence about Hodgkinson and rightly so. To come back last month after a full year off and to set the fastest time in the world this year is a serious statement. If the distance was 1500m, I’d wonder if one of the others could foil her tactically by slowing it down and out-kicking, or running the finish out of her somehow, but over two laps, I’m just not quite sure what you do to stop her running her fastest race and winning.

We’ve yet to be shown any women’s high jump, but Morgan Lake, the first British woman to hit 2.00m, has a dart at a medal. At 28, she’s still improving on her PB, and her career might just be peaking.