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Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to miss rest of season with injury

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will miss the rest of the 2024 athletics season because of injury.

The 22-year-old, who stormed to gold in the 800m final at the Paris Games, had been set to compete in the Diamond League in Brussells in September.

Hodgkinson won all of her eight races in 2024, capped off by her spectacular triumph in the French capital earlier this month.

“No more races for me,” she posted on Instagram.

“Unfortunately I picked up a small injury, but we achieved everything I had hope to do this year, thank you for all the love and support.

“See you on the track next year.”

 

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Hodgkinson defended her European title earlier this year and broke her own national record by running one minute 54.61 seconds at the London Diamond League in July.

She has set her sights on breaking the 800m world record next year, a time of 1:53.28 which has stood for more than four decades.

Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova ran that time at Munich’s Olympic Stadium in July 1983 and is yet to be beaten.

Hodgkinson said previously: “I think that record has stood for so long. It’s been a long time since anyone has hit [one minute] 53 seconds, so I’d love to do that. I think I can. I now believe I can do that.”

She will also compete for her first World Championship title in Tokyo in 2025.

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