Hodgkinson sets 400m personal best at Diamond League in Rome

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>Keely Hodgkinson claimed a personal best as she finished seventh on her women's 400m Diamond League debut in Rome.

>The Paris gold medallist is looking to smash Jarmila Kratochvilova's near-43-year-old women's outdoor 800m record this summer and made further progress on her 400m speed, coming home with a time of 51.14 in a race won by Henriette Jaeger.

>Hodgkinson finished behind compatriot Amber Anning, who placed in fifth position with a time of 50.19 at the Stadio Olimpico.

>Two-time world indoor champion Molly Caudery clinched the pole vault title with a season's best jump of 4.80m, while fellow indoor champion Georgia Hunter Bell came first in the women's 1500m with a time of three minutes 58.63 seconds.

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>Olympic champion Julien Alfred won the women's 200m, while 2025 World Championships silver medallist Amy Hunt took fourth in 22.52 seconds and came in front of fifth-placed Dina Asher-Smith, who finished in 22.76 seconds.

>Olympic champion Noah Lyles took the men's 100m title with a time of 9.88 seconds, ahead of Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in second and third respectively. Jeremiah Azu came ninth.