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Britain's Hodgkinson Smashes World Indoor 800m Record in Lievin
- On Thursday night, Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic champion, broke the women's indoor 800m world record in Liévin, running 1:54.87, improving the mark set by Jolanda Ceplak in 2002.
- With wavelights and pacing set at Liévin, Hodgkinson had previously run 1:56.33 at the UK Indoor Championships last weekend, signaling strong form.
- By the 600m mark, Hodgkinson led in 1:25.06 and then surged away, leaving Switzerland's Audrey Werro a distant second.
- Next on her radar, Hodgkinson's performance boosts her season targets ahead of the World Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, with her outdoor record goal of 1:53.28 in sight.
- Liévin has long been known for fast times, with Jakob Ingebrigtsen's records and Jess Hull, Australia's near-record 5:26.68 highlighting its pedigree, while Yolanda Ceplak, Slovenia, served a doping ban from 2007–2009 after holding the previous 800m record.
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Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson of the women's 800 meters ran a world record time in an indoor race in France on Thursday.
·Estonia
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The world of athletics bows to Keely Hodgkinson, who powdered Jolanda Čeplak's almost 25-year-old indoor world record in Liévin over 800 metres. Austria's 800-m star Caroline Bredlinger sums it up: "It's a madness what this woman has done. She didn't improve the world record by a hundredth or a tenth, but by almost a second!' Just like the Burgenländer, on the historic evening all the people who experienced this incredible race live in the hall …
·Vienna, Austria
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