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Evening Standard
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Rachel Steinberg

World Athletics Championships: Relieved Keely Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semi-final

Keely Hodgkinson was relieved to purge the boredom from her system after qualifying comfortably for the world 800m semi-finals as the winner of her heat in Tokyo.

The 23-year-old Olympic champion arrived at these championships with a world-leading time, despite only racing twice since returning to the track following a year-long absence after her Paris triumph last summer.

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