World Athletics Ultimate Championship: Keely Hodgkinson 2nd to Audrey Werro in spite of current hamstring tear

Each time the leading ladies’s 800m trio have actually satisfied this season, it has actually been billed as one of the races of the year. Each time, it has actually provided fascinating action.

Since starting 2026 with a dominant indoor season in which she won world indoor gold and broke the indoor 800m world record, Hodgkinson has actually been second-best in conferences with Werro.

Making amazing development in her very first season as a full-time professional athlete, Werro continues to reveal what, significantly, seems prospective of history-making percentages considering that finishing her university research studies.

Forty- 3 years had actually passed considering that a lady had actually run a sub-1:54 800m before this season. Werro accomplished that 3 times this summer season to surround Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 1983 record of 1:53.28.

Although not needed to go as quick on this celebration, she revealed her maturity by managing the last before rising to success.

Hodgkinson will be pleased to have still had sufficient to upgrade two-time world 400m difficulties champ Broeders-Bol, who has actually made quick development in her very first season considering that changing occasions.

On her growing competition with Werro and Broeders-Bol, Hodgkinson stated: “I truthfully enjoy it. I believe it’s truly terrific for our sport and for ladies’s sport to have a lot of fantastic ladies pressing each other.

“I’m delighted to be part of it. Hopefully, next time, I’ll triumphed.

“I’m constantly there combating. That’s something to be happy with and take into the future. I’m just 24 and ideally I’ll be around for a lot longer.”

Although she lost out on the title, Hodgkinson, who will end her season at Athlos next weekend, took $75,000 (₤ 55,000) for her efforts.

Athletes are completing for the greatest reward pot in the sport’s history at the Ultimat Championship, with an overall of $10m (₤ 7.4 m) available throughout 3 days of action.

It is hoped that the condensed, ingenious format, presented to combine the world’s finest professional athletes at the end of a season which otherwise would have did not have an international champion, can assist form the sport’s future.