Swiss star wins with third fastest time in historyHodgkinson targets world record after defeatOn a wild summer’s night in Stockholm, a woman ran the quickest 800m since the darkest days of the cold war. But, staggeringly, her name was not Keely Hodgkinson.Britain’s 800m Olympic champion had promised she was in personal-best shape, and duly proved as good as her word. But she had no answer to the young Swiss star Audrey Werro, who swooped like lightning across a cloudless sky before crossing the line in 1min 53.98sec. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/07/keely-hodgkinson-sets-british-800m-record-audrey-werro-stockholm-diamond-league-athletics