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Keely Hodgkinson sets new personal best on Diamond League 400m debut in perfect preparation for record tilt

Keely Hodgkinson ran a new 400m personal best on her Diamond League debut over the distance - (Getty)

Keely Hodgkinson claimed a personal best as she finished seventh on her women’s 400m Diamond League debut in Rome.

The Paris gold medallist is looking to smash Jarmila Kratochvilova’s near-43-year-old women’s outdoor 800m record this summer and made further progress on her 400m speed, coming home with a time of 51.14 in a race won by Henriette Jaeger.

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