Olympic 800m champion will likely be again on the London Stadium on July 19
Keely Hodgkinson will obtain a hero’s welcome when she returns to the London Stadium this summer time to race over 800m on the London Athletics Meet on Saturday July 19.
Delivering a usually fearless efficiency, the 23-year-old made historical past on the 2024 occasion with a gathering file, nationwide file and private better of 1:54.61, shifting her from tenth as much as sixth on the world all-time rankings. It was the proper preparation for Paris the place she went on to win Olympic gold, including to a fast-growing CV that additionally consists of Olympic silver from Tokyo 2021, 4 senior European titles and two World Championship silver medals.
“I keep in mind after final yr’s race pondering, ‘Can we do this yet again?’,” mentioned the 2024 BBC Sports activities Persona of the Yr who loved the final word confidence-boosting efficiency in entrance of a sell-out crowd. “It was such a dream to compete within the Olympic stadium and I’m so excited to get again on the market and see what I can do.
“For me, that race actually set me up for what I did in Paris. I’m now an Olympic champion which is a fairly superb factor to say out loud, however I nonetheless haven’t received world gold, so I’ve actually massive targets this summer time. Having that crowd behind me in London, plus a bunch of super-quick girls to race in opposition to, would be the very best preparation as I construct in the direction of the World Championships in Tokyo.”
The London Athletics Meet – the world’s greatest one-day athletics occasion – is the eleventh assembly of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League. The sequence, which pays out a file complete of $9.24 million in prize cash, includes 15 of essentially the most prestigious occasions in world observe and area throughout 4 totally different continents, beginning with Xiamen final weekend and concluding with a single remaining throughout two days in Zurich on August 27-28.
This yr’s London Athletics Meet is the quickest promoting within the occasion’s historical past and is on observe to promote out in file time with over 57,000 tickets offered already. Ultimate tickets have simply been launched and begin from simply £25.
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