Keely Hodgkinson is “100 per cent” certain breaking athletics’ longest-standing world record is only a matter of time.
The Olympic gold medallist has arrived at the World Championships as the fastest woman over 800 metres this year, “a bit of a miracle”, Hodgkinson marvels, after the year-long injury absence that left her experiencing “unpredictable mood swings” and unsure just two months ago whether she would even be fit to fight for a maiden world title next week in Tokyo.
