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Fresh rivals & forced to settle for silver - but Hodgkinson up for fight
Keely Hodgkinson says she is proud of her ability to "continue to fight" after taking silver behind Audrey Werro at the European Athletics Championships.
August 15, 2026Switzerland's Werro beats Olympic champion Hodgkinson for European 800m title - reuters.com
Switzerland's Werro beats Olympic champion Hodgkinson for European 800m title reuters.com
August 14, 2026Hodgkinson beaten to European gold by rival Werro
Keely Hodgkinson is forced to settle for European silver as Switzerland's Audrey Werro denies the Briton a third consecutive title in a thrilling 800m final.
August 14, 2026Hodgkinson motivated for next race with Werro after 800m silver
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson says she has mixed emotions after settling for silver in the 800m final and says she is looks forward to her next race with Audrey Werro.
August 14, 2026Werro beats Hodgkinson to win 800m gold
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson is unable to defend her 800m European title taking silver behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro who has too much in the tank down the back straight.
August 14, 2026Hodgkinson into 800m final after dramatic Werro fall
Keely Hodgkinson reaches the women's 800m final at the European Championships - moments after rival Audrey Werro suffers a dramatic fall that put her place in doubt.
August 13, 2026Hodgkinson leads home Broeders-Bol to qualify for 800m final
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson wins her 800m semi-final leading home Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands.
August 13, 2026Reekie wins 800m heat as Werro suffers nasty fall
Great Britain's Jemma Reekie wins her 800m heat as Switzerland's Audrey Werro suffers nasty fall on the final bend of the race.
August 13, 2026GB's Burgin and Pattison through to 800m final
Great Britain's Max Burgin and Ben Pattison finish first and second in their semi-final races to qualify for the 800m final, while Ireland's Mark English also qualifies for the final after breaking the European Athletics Championship record time for the event.
August 12, 2026Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break?
The world record for the women's 800m is the longest standing in athletics. No-one has managed to break it for 43 years. Why is it such a tough task?
August 12, 2026Hodgkinson and gold medal rivals progress at Europeans
Keely Hodgkinson and gold medal rivals Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol progress to remain on course for a tantalising European 800m showdown.
August 11, 2026The team behind Hodgkinson's golden rise and the hunt for a world record
BBC Sport looks at the team behind Great Britain 800m star Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of a world record.
August 10, 2026Hodgkinson wins in London after 'tough couple of weeks'
Keely Hodgkinson returns to winning ways at the London Diamond League after what the Olympic 800m champion admits has been a tough time.
July 18, 2026No world record, no win - Hodgkinson beaten again in Diamond League
Keely Hodgkinson fell short in her pursuit of breaking the women's 800m world record, after she was beaten by Kenya's Lilian Odira in the latest Diamond League event in Eugene, Oregon - making it back to back defeats for Hodgkinson, after she also lost in the event in Stockholm a month ago.
July 4, 2026Hodgkinson beaten into second by Odira in Eugene
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson was beaten for the second consecutive Diamond League race as she finished behind Lilian Odira in Eugene.
July 4, 2026Lutkenhaus, 17, upsets Olympic champion Wanyonyi in Oslo
American Cooper Lutkenhaus produces a stunning performance to beat Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men's 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, but fellow teenager Gout Gout struggles in the 200m.
June 10, 2026How 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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Fresh rivals & forced to settle for silver - but Hodgkinson up for fight
Werro beats Hodgkinson to win 800m gold Keely Hodgkinson has been here before - and it eventually culminated in her crowning moment. Just two athletes stood between the Briton and total domination i
Werro beats Hodgkinson to win 800m gold
There was an error Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson is unable to defend her 800m European title taking silver behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro who has too much in the tank down the back straight.
Hodgkinson motivated for next race with Werro after 800m silver
There was an error Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson says she has mixed emotions after settling for silver in the 800m final and says she is looks forward to her next race with Audrey Werro. READ MOR
Hodgkinson beaten to European gold by rival Werro
Werro beats Hodgkinson to win 800m gold Keely Hodgkinson was forced to settle for European silver as Switzerland's Audrey Werro denied the Briton a third consecutive title in a thrilling women's 800m
Reekie wins 800m heat as Werro suffers nasty fall
There was an error Great Britain's Jemma Reekie wins her 800m heat as Switzerland's Audrey Werro suffers nasty fall on the final bend of the race. READ MORE: Athletics on BBC Sport Available to UK
Hodgkinson leads home Broeders-Bol to qualify for 800m final
There was an error Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson wins her 800m semi-final leading home Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands. READ MORE: Athletics on BBC Sport Available to UK users only.
Hodgkinson into 800m final and Werro through despite nasty fall
Hodgkinson leads home Broeders-Bol to qualify for 800m final Keely Hodgkinson's bid for European gold continued as she stormed into the final of the women's 800m - moments after rival Audrey Werro su
GB's Burgin and Pattison through to 800m final
There was an error Great Britain's Max Burgin and Ben Pattison finish first and second in their semi-final races to qualify for the 800m final, while Ireland's Mark English also qualifies for the fin
Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break?
Keely Hodgkinson has the sixth-fastest outdoor 800m time in history The world record for the women's 800m is the longest-standing in athletics. No-one has managed to break it for 43 years. So why, d
Hodgkinson and gold medal rivals progress at Europeans
Hodgkinson is the Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and expected gold medal rivals Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol remain on course for their highly anticipated showdown after safely reachin
Hodgkinson wins in London after 'tough couple of weeks'
Hodgkinson pips Broeders-Bol in 800m to return to winning ways Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson made a return to winning ways at the London Diamond League after what she admitted had been "a to
No world record, no win - Hodgkinson beaten again in Diamond League
There was an error Keely Hodgkinson fell short in her pursuit of breaking the women's 800m world record, after she was beaten by Kenya's Lilian Odira in the latest Diamond League event in Eugene, Ore
Lutkenhaus, 17, upsets Olympic champion Wanyonyi in Oslo
Teenager Lutkenhaus stuns Olympic champion Wanyonyi in 800m American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus produced a stunning performance to hold off Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men's 800m at the
Hodgkinson smashes women's indoor 800m world record
Keely Hodgkinson has broken the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born almost 24 years ago. Olympic champion Hodgkinson crosse
Keely Hodgkinson: British Olympic champion breaks women's indoor 800m world record at European Athletics event in France
Brit Keely Hodgkinson broke the world record for women's indoor 800m at a European Athletics event in Lieven, France; The British sprinter is the reigning Olympic champion and broke her own national r
‘That was fun’: Keely Hodgkinson smashes world record set on day she was born
Olympic champion breaks indoor 800m mark in France Former record set 24 years ago on Hodgkinson’s birthday Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson obliterated the world indoor 800m record, which
How Hodgkinson broke a 23-year-old world record
'Untouchable' Hodgkinson smashes women's indoor 800m world record Keely Hodgkinson had been preparing for this moment for years. When she stepped on to the indoor track in France on Thursday, the Br