Keely Hodgkinson will line up against training partner Georgia Hunter Bell at the Lausanne Diamond League on Wednesday, her second and final planned race before next month’s World Championships.
Following a season decimated by injury, Hodgkinson ended a 376-day wait to compete for the first time as Olympic 800m champion in Silesia, Poland on Saturday.
The 23-year-old announced her return in emphatic fashion as she clocked one minute, 54.74 seconds – the quickest time of 2025, the ninth-fastest in history, and a mere 0.13 seconds short of her British record.
Four days later, in Switzerland, she joins Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell – herself racing over 800m for the final time before deciding whether to target that event, the 1500m or both in pursuit of another global podium in Tokyo.
Hunter Bell, who finished third in the 1500m in Silesia last week, will seek a third Diamond League 800m win of the season following impressive victories in Stockholm and London.
Follow coverage of the Lausanne Diamond League on Two, iPlayer and the Sport website and app from 19:00-21:00 on Wednesday.
