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‘The one medal I don’t have’: confident Keely Hodgkinson targets a first world title

Keely Hodgkinson trains before the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.
Keely Hodgkinson broke the indoor 800m world record last month in Liévin. Photograph: Radek Pietruszka/EPA

Keely Hodgkinson believes she could not be in better shape to win a first world title this weekend having kicked on again after breaking the indoor 800m world record last month.

The Olympic champion is the overwhelming favourite for gold at the world indoor championships in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland, and sounded bullish when asked if she had pushed on in training after obliterating Jolanda Ceplak’s record by running 1min 54.87sec in Liévin in February.

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