Keely Hodgkinson won the 800m Diamond Athletics meeting in Lausanne in a meeting record time

After 376 days out, Keely set an 800m world lead in her first race since winning gold at the Paris Olympics,amking a strong finish in wet conditions to set a new meeting record of 1:55.69.

The 23 year old told BBC World Service Sport.“(I feel) a little bit relieved,”

“I felt like this race was definitely going to be more of a challenge, but taking on a pace like that you’ve just got to run and forget about everybody else.

 

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