Overview
- Keely Hodgkinson advanced to Sunday’s World Indoor 800m final in Toruń, clocking 1:58.53 in Saturday’s semi‑final.
- Her luggage was missing for nearly two days upon arrival in Poland, forcing her to borrow spikes for training before KLM located her bags.
- The Olympic champion won Friday’s opening heat in 2:00.32 and reiterated her dislike of negotiating rounds on consecutive days.
- She set the indoor 800m world record at 1:54.87 in Liévin in February and enters these championships as the favorite.
- Injuries kept her out of the past three World Indoors, and she says a simplified mindset and trust in coaches Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows are guiding her title bid.