World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold by Kenya’s Lilian Odira – UK Times

What a run by the 26-year-old Odira, clocking a championship record 1:54.62. Wow.

Hunter Bell ran a personal best 1:54.90 and Hodgkinson finished in 1:54.91, pipped by her teammate in a photo finish.

Hodgkinson runs out of puff in the final 50m, and Kenya’s Lilian Odira bursts around the outside to take gold! Georgia Hunter Bell arrives late to pinch silver, and Hodgkinson settles for bronze.

Keely kicks into the lead with 200 to go!

Moraa leads through the bell, 55.73 – it’s quick. Hodgkinson joins her around the bend…

They’re off, and Mary Moraa takes to the front with Hodgkinson on her shoulder. It’s a quick first 200…

Here we go, then! The eight finalists are ready to start in a floodlit Tokyo stadium.

Expect Hodgkinson to go out fast and try to blow everyone away. But Hunter Bell and the three Kenyans will be hard to shake off…

Hodgkinson, Hunter Bell and the rest are out and getting ready. Nearly time.

“Keely wants a fast race,” says her coach Jenny Meadows. “If the first 400 isn’t the pace she wants, she’ll have to grind it out in the final lap.”

Here’s the official startlist for this 800m final:

Just 10 minutes until Keely Hodgkinson hits the track for what could be Great Britain’s first gold of the World Athletics Championships!

Can the heavy favourite emulate her Paris heroics?

Keely Hodgkinson in the women’s 800m final, next.

It’s been a disappointing week in Tokyo for Great Britain, who have yet to top the podium and have only managed to rack up three medals throughout the entire World Athletics Championships.

Let’s see if Keely can bail out GB at the death…