Hodgkinson To Miss London Diamond League Meet

Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson will not compete astatine adjacent weekend's London Diamond League arsenic she continues to make her measurement backmost to afloat fitness.

The 23-year-old Briton is yet to commencement her outdoor play aft tearing her hamstring successful February.

Hodgkinson is backmost successful afloat training aft suffering a minor setback successful June but has made nan determination to hold her play opener to make judge she is wholly fresh to title pinch London coming excessively soon successful her comeback.

Finding apical shape successful clip for September's World Championships successful Tokyo, Japan is nan privilege for Manchester-born runner.

Having won metallic astatine nan Worlds successful 2022 and 2023, she will dream to spell 1 amended this year.

Hodgkinson, who was awarded an MBE successful May, won 800m Olympic golden successful Paris past summertime pinch a stunning 1 infinitesimal 56.72 seconds run.

She besides group a British grounds clip of 1:54.61 astatine London Stadium successful 2024 but nan attraction connected collecting different world badge intends sacrificing nan chance to title connected nan aforesaid way this month.

Hodgkinson is different high-profile withdrawal from nan London Diamond League pursuing Norway's 1500m prima Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who had been group to renew his rivalry pinch Britain's Josh Kerr but will miss retired pinch an injury.

The meet successful London connected 19 July is nan 11th of 15 successful nan Diamond League this season.