Keely Hodgkinson sets fastest indoor 800m time of year

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson set the fastest women’s indoor 800m time of the year at a meeting in Poland. Olympic and world silver medallist Hodgkinson won her race in 1:57.87 at the Copernicus Cup in Torun on Wednesday.

“This track brings back some good memories,” said Hodgkinson, who won European indoor gold in Torun in 2021.

The 20-year-old broke the women’s 600m world indoor record in Manchester last month.

Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay ran the second-fastest women’s indoor mile of all time in Torun.The 5,000m outdoor world champion’s time of 4:16.16 saw her just miss out on compatriot Genzebe Dibaba’s record of 4:13:31.

(BBC Sport)