Overview
- World Athletics president Seb Coe praised Hodgkinson as “the most authentic person I know” after a brief birthday encounter in Manchester.
- Coach Jenny Meadows set a near-term goal of seeing “1:53” on the clock as they chase Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 1:53.28 outdoor world record from 1983.
- Hodgkinson plans to open her 2026 outdoor season at the Rome Diamond League in June after recent work on shorter sprint distances.
- She set the women’s world indoor 800m record in February and then won the World Indoor Championships in March with a championship-record 1:55.3 in Torun.
- Her outdoor personal best is 1:54.61 from the 2024 London Diamond League, leaving a narrow gap to bridge to reach record pace.