Hodgkinson runs her fastest-ever 800m - but still finishes second

Keely Hodgkinson ran her fastest-ever 800m time on Sunday - but astonishingly still finished second at the Diamond League in Stockholm.

>After Hodgkinson finished seventh in the 400m in Rome on Thursday, the Olympic champion was back in her favoured event but was stunned into second place by Audrey Werro.

>The Swiss runner finished first with a time of one minute 53.98 seconds - the third-fastest women's 800m in history and the quickest in 2026.

>Hodgkinson and Werro raced away from the field in Stockholm, but the British athlete was unable to keep the pace with her rival despite a British record time of 1:54.33.

>"It was a quick one, a really interesting race," Hodgkinson said.

>"When Audrey went off I was like 'just chill', but massive respect to her. That was a great race and it will motivate me more in training to make sure that doesn't happen again."

>She added: "I can build on this great start. It's still very early. It's good to have a run in your legs because you can learn what you can do better but overall I am quite happy with that race because I made the right decisions, but Audrey was just better on the day."

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>There were other surprises in Stockholm with pole vault star Armand Duplantis suffering a shock loss to Kurtis Marschall after he failed to clear 6.05m.

>It was the first time in 40 events that the Swede had not been victorious.

>Earlier in the day there was a personal best for British runner Amy Hunt in the 200m, but she finished second behind world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.