Overview
- Hodgkinson ran a personal best of 51.14 in her 400m Diamond League debut at Rome on Thursday and finished seventh in a race won by Henriette Jaeger.
- She finished behind British rival Amber Anning, who placed fifth in 50.19, and used the race as a competitive stimulus rather than a primary target.
- The 400m outing follows Hodgkinson’s championship-record 800m win at the World Indoor Championships in Torun in March, where she also posted the fastest 4x400m split for Team GB.
- Hodgkinson says injuries over the past two years had limited her ability to do 400m block work and that recent training blocks are a recovery milestone toward greater raw speed.
- Her season plan includes further Diamond League stops in Stockholm and Eugene, a high-profile London meeting on July 18 linked to a planned world-record bid, and a defence of her European title in Birmingham.