This fresh look nubile Keely Hodgkinson scorched the tape after setting a massive personal best to win the recent London Diamond League in the 800m event and position herself as the sixth fastest woman in the history of the event.
Hodgkinson’s time of 1:54. Her clocking of 61 was not only a British record but also the world record for this year; a signal that she is the lady to beat at the Paris Olympic Games that starts on Friday.
Day put on the pressure early on and was able to overtake fellow Brit Reekie at the end of the last straight, thus the British triumvirate of Day, Reekie, and Bell took the top three spots. Reekie also set a personal best while Bell was also able to save some time.
Allison won another victory in the women’s 5000m while in the men’s 400m, Matt Hudson-Smith became the new British record and World Leader with a time of 43s. The cue appears in references 74s, which is a defining event before Paris.
Men’s 100m favourite Lyles produced a vintage performance to cross the line in the men’s 100m in rather comfortable fashion while Asher-Smith finished a somewhat disappointing third in the women’s 200m won dramatically by the rapidly getting out of sight USA’s Gabby Thomas.
This woman has over the years established herself as one of the biggest personalities in athletics. Succeeding in the 100m world title in Budapest last year in addition to three world titles and Olympic bronze in 200m he is now the favorite for the blue-ribbon event.
South African Akani Simbine followed in second place with a timing of 9.86s respectively while Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo clinched the third position in 9. 88, fifty percent of the first five finishers were below the ten-second barrier.
Britain’s rising sprint idol Louie Hinchliffe also accomplished the fourth position. Said the 22-year-old; “I’m not happy with the result but it’s not bad, it wasn’t my worst run. ” “I know I can work on the start, I looked well out of it. That can be down to nerves, it was my first time on this track. Still, I have a long way to go though. ”
Jamaica’s Nickisha Pryce was quick and cheerful; she recorded 48.57s to win the women’s 400m, while the women’s 400m hurdle crown went to Femke Bol of the team Netherlands after she crossed the line in 51.30s, setting her up as another contender for gold in Paris.
The 24-year-old World champion, who won bronze in Tokyo was never troubled throughout the race and used the opportunity to serve notice to her biggest rival Sydney McLaughlin as both athletes expect to face off at the Olympics.
The Remaining results were; In the men’s 400-meter hurdles, Brazil’s former world champion Alison dos Santos crossed the line in 47. 18s On the women’s side, the outstanding performance was put up by Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri, in the shot put Fabbri achieved a distance of 22. 52m to outplace heavy favorite Ryan Crouser of the United States of America.
Molly Caudery of Britain clinched the third position in the pole vault event after Caudery won the world indoor title this year. “Honestly for me I felt a little letdown, I felt like it was a chance that was lost,” she said. “Shit… [But] it’s not the place of that matters too much and I am glad that the next stop is Paris. ”