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World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026: Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m gold

Hodgkinson runs championship record in 800m final After an injury-blighted first season as Olympic champion, 2026 is about one thing for Keely Hodgkinson: "domination". The 24-year-old captured her first world indoor title in commanding fashion as she claimed 800m gold in a championship record time on a historic night for Great Britain in Poland on Sunday. That success came one month after she smashed the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born in 2002. The first of two serious hamstring injuries prevented her from attacking that mark 12 months ago, and she was forced to wait 376 days to race again following her crowning moment at Paris 2024. But Hodgkinson - branded 'Keely 2.0' within her training group following her impressive rebuild in the gym - is already making up for lost time. "My word this year has been domination," Hodgkinson told BBC Sport. "When I'm in the shape of my life, why leave it to chance? "If you want to beat me, I'll make you work hard for it." Hodgkinson made further history by becoming Britain's first women's 800m world champion - indoors or outdoors - crossing the line more than a secon

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