Olympic champion continues her fine form with fastest 400m ever and is now looking to double up at the World Indoor Championships.
Keely Hodgkinson’s blistering start to 2026 continued on Sunday afternoon (March 1) as she clocked her fastest 400m ever with a run of 51.49 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, lowering her previous indoor PB of 52.42 with a time that is also faster than her outdoor best of 51.61.
It was the latest in a string of outstanding performances from the Olympic champion, whose first appearance of the year brought a British indoor 800m record of 1:56.33 before she then smashed the long-standing world record with 1:54.87 in Liévin on February 19.
Her preparations for what would be a first appearance at the World Indoor Championships appear to be going perfectly to plan – so much so that AW understands Hodgkinson is looking to be part of the British 4x400m team in Toruń, despite the relay final taking place just 50 minutes after the women’s 800m final – her primary focus – on the last day of competition in Poland.
Also competing in an invitational race included on the schedule at the Scottish Athletics Combined Events Championships was Hodgkinson’s M11 Track Club team-mate Georgia Hunter Bell.
Running her first indoor 800m since the BUCS Championships of 2015, the world silver medallist not surprisingly destroyed her previous best of 2:07.12, winning in 1:57.80.
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