Hodgkinson To Make Injury Return In London In July

Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will return from wounded to title successful nan women's 800m astatine this summer's London Athletics Meet connected Saturday 19 July.

The 23-year was forced to withdraw from February's Keely Klassic successful Birmingham because of a hamstring injury.

At past year's arena astatine London Stadium, Hodgkinson group a gathering record, nationalist grounds and individual champion of 1:54.61, which lifted her to sixth successful nan world all-time rankings.

It would pave nan measurement for her to triumph golden astatine nan Paris Games and adhd to her Olympic metallic from Tokyo, wherever Hodgkinson will beryllium aiming to declare nan World Championship title later this year.

"I retrieve aft past year's title thinking, 'Can we do that each complete again?'," said Hodgkinson, who was crowned BBC Sports Personality of nan Year successful 2024.

"It was specified a dream to compete successful nan Olympic stadium and I'm truthful excited to get backmost retired location and spot what I tin do.

"For me, that title really group maine up for what I did successful Paris. I'm now an Olympic champion which is simply a beautiful astonishing point to opportunity retired loud, but I still haven't won world gold, truthful I person really large goals this summer.

"Having that crowd down maine successful London, positive a bunch of super-quick ladies to title against, will beryllium nan champion imaginable mentation arsenic I build towards nan World Championships successful Tokyo."

The London Athletics Meet is nan 11th gathering of nan 2025 Wanda Diamond League.