Overview
- Werro won the Diamond League 800m in Stockholm on Sunday in 1:53.98, a Swiss national record and the fastest women's 800m time of 2026.
- Keely Hodgkinson finished second in 1:54.33, a new British record and her fastest outdoor 800m, after earlier competing in a 400m in Rome.
- The race pulled well clear of the field as Werro and Hodgkinson broke away, with Werro overtaking in the final 100 metres to claim victory.
- The meeting produced other shocks as Kurtis Marschall beat Armand Duplantis in the pole vault, ending Duplantis’s 40-event winning run, and Amy Hunt set a 200m personal best while finishing second.
- The performances give a fresh read on athletes’ form and create a new rivalry to watch, with implications for selection and tactics at major meets this summer.