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Hodgkinson, 24, has had a disappointing outdoor season and is yet to win a Diamond League race this year despite improving his own British record.
24 years old after breaking up Livin’ World Indoor Record In February, Hodgkinson captured him First world indoor title March in commanding fashion.
These successes raised hopes that Hodgkinson would be able to break Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova’s record of one minute and 53.28 seconds, set in Munich in 1983.
The Brit improved on his national record of 1:54.33 in Stockholm earlier in June but suffered Shock defeat By Audrey Wero of Switzerland, who ran the third fastest 800 meters in history to win the race.
Two weeks later, Hodgkinson Knocked out of 400m final In tears after feeling “a bit of a twinge” before a race at the UK Athletics Championships.
After improving on her best time of 1:53.80 in Vero Paris, Hodgkinson looked to start her season at the Diamond League meet in Eugene.
However, he is competing with both knees braced after a heavy fall in training Finished in second place World champion Lillian Odira is behind.
Hopefully, Hodgkinson is now fully fit and able to go all out for the world record attack in London.
She will face stiff competition from Ethiopia’s Olympic silver medalist Sige Duguma and Dutch star Femke Broeders-Boal, who has made rapid strides this season after moving up from 400m to 800m and recording a time of 1:55.60 in Paris.
However, training partner and world silver medalist Georgia Hunter Bell pulled out of the meet due to a severe cold.
Rising British star Phoebe Gill, who reached the Olympic semi-finals in Paris as a 17-year-old, will make her Diamond League debut after battling back from an injury that ruled her out of the 2025 outdoor season.
