Athlos London: Keely Hodgkinson powers to victory in pace swimsuit at all-female occasion

Keely Hodgkinson powered to victory in a custom-made full-body pace swimsuit earlier than being introduced with a Tiffany & Co crown as Athlos made its London debut.

Hodgkinson was greeted by loud cheers as she emerged on to a stage and revealed the all-black aerodynamic outfit on the third staging of the all-female athletics meet.

The 24-year-old ensured she ended a blended yr with a dominant 800m victory in entrance of a sellout house crowd at StoneX Stadium, bursting clear on the again straight and crossing the road in a single minute 56.40 seconds.

Speaking in regards to the outfit, Hodgkinson advised BBC Sport: “This has been like a yr within the making. It’s a mix of style and pace and science all coming collectively for perhaps the way forward for athletics.

“It was an actual honour for them to decide on me to place this out first. We weren’t positive once we had been going to put on it.

“But an all-women’s occasion that is all in regards to the glitz and the glamour and placing eyes on ladies, a little bit of a second, I believe was the proper approach to end the season.”

Created by Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and husband of tennis’ 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, Athlos was staging a meet for the primary time outdoors of New York.

In addition to the silver Tiffany crown awarded to winners as a substitute of medals, a prime prize of $65,000 (£48,500) was on provide in every occasion.

The single-night meet included seven disciplines, every that includes six athletes, with cash on provide for every place from a complete occasion prize pot of $1.05m (£790,500).

American dash stars Gabby Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson had been among the many champions amid a celebration ambiance which featured a reside track-side DJ.