‘That was fun’: Keely Hodgkinson smashes 24-year-old world record

• Olympic champion breaks indoor 800m mark in France

• In great form for world indoor championships in March

Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson has obliterated the world indoor 800m record, which has stood since 2002, by nearly a second in a stunning performance in Liévin.

Hodgkinson had made no secret that she believed the record of 1min 55.82sec, set by Slovenia’s Jolanda Ceplak on the same day Hodgkinson was born – 3 March 2002 – was there for the taking after a prep race at the British championships last week.

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