Overview
- Hodgkinson said she is the closest she has felt to breaking the outdoor 800m world record and will target it following her latest performance.
- She broke the indoor 800m world record in Liévin, trimming the previous mark by nearly a second at a Thursday meet in France.
- The outdoor benchmark stands at 1:53.28, set by Jarmila Kratochvilova in Munich in July 1983, and is widely recognized as the oldest track world record.
- Hodgkinson told BBC Sport that surpassing the 1983 time would ‘cement’ her status as a greatest-of-all-time figure in the event.
- The Olympic champion in 2024, she struggled with injuries last year and took third at the World Championships but says she has returned to full fitness in 2026.