Matthew Hudson-Smith smashed his European 400m file and Keely Hodgkinson set a nationwide 800m file as Nice Britain’s Olympic gold medal hopes produced assertion performances on the London Diamond League.
World silver medallist Hudson-Smith, 29, clocked 43.74 seconds to set the quickest time on the earth this yr, six days earlier than the Paris 2024 opening ceremony.
Olympic silver medallist Hodgkinson, 22, improved, her world-leading time in 2024 to 1 minute 54.61 seconds and led British team-mates Jemma Reekie and Georgia Bell – second and third respectively – to private bests in a shocking efficiency.
Within the remaining occasion of the day at a sold-out London Stadium, American world champion Noah Lyles ran a private better of 9.81 seconds to take victory within the 100m, forward of South African Akani Simbine and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo.
Britain’s rising dash star Louie Hinchliffe – quickly to make his Olympic debut – was fourth in 9.97, whereas team-mates Zharnel Hughes and Jeremiah Azu had been sixth and seventh respectively in 10.00 and 10.08.
Dina Asher-Smith was third within the 200m in 22.07, with compatriot Daryll Neita fourth in 22.20.
American world silver medallist Gabrielle Thomas completed strongly to edge victory in 21.82 from St Lucia’s Julien Alfred, who ran 21.86.
Britain’s Molly Caudery was third within the ladies’s pole vault with a clearance of 4.65m, whereas Katarina Johnson-Thompson produced a protracted leap better of 6.54m to complete fifth.
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