Overview
- Audrey Werro won the women's 800m at the Stockholm Diamond League in 1:53.98 on Sunday, the fastest 800m of 2026 and the third-fastest time ever recorded.
- Keely Hodgkinson finished second in a personal best and new British record of 1:54.33 and said the race will motivate her as she builds toward a targeted world‑record attempt in London next month.
- Werro described the win as unexpected and said she must process the result, while Hodgkinson and her coaching group plan to use the race to refine training ahead of mid‑July.
- The Stockholm meeting also produced shocks elsewhere, with Armand Duplantis losing a pole‑vault streak to Kurtis Marschall and Amy Hunt setting a 200m personal best in a runner‑up finish.
- The performances underline a shifting early‑season landscape in the women's 800m as both athletes move closer to Jarmila Kratochvilova's long‑standing world record of 1:53.28 from 1983.