How Hodgkinson broke a 23-year-old world record
Preparation, training, and belief - after Keely Hodgkinson smashes the indoor 800m world record, her coach Jenny Meadows explains how their plan came together.
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Preparation, training, and belief - after Keely Hodgkinson smashes the indoor 800m world record, her coach Jenny Meadows explains how their plan came together.
Keely Hodgkinson breaks the indoor 800m world record in Liévin, France, with a time of 1:54.87, nearly a second faster than the previous record set on her birthdate in 2002.
Keely Hodgkinson sets a new world 800m indoor record time of 1 minute 54.87 seconds in Lievin, France, surpassing the previous record set in 2002.
Keely Hodgkinson breaks the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day Hodgkinson was born almost 24 years ago.
Keely Hodgkinson sets a new world 800m indoor record time of one minute 54.87 seconds in Lievin, beating the near 24-year-old standard set on the day she was born.
Keely Hodgkinson obliterates the women's 800m short track world record with a stunning 1:54.87 performance at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF in Liévin, France.
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