Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will return from harm to race within the girls’s 800m at this summer time’s London Athletics Meet on Saturday 19 July.
The 23-year was pressured to withdraw from February’s Keely Klassic in Birmingham due to a hamstring harm.
Finally yr’s occasion at London Stadium, Hodgkinson set a gathering document, nationwide document and private better of 1:54.61, which lifted her to sixth on the earth all-time rankings.
It could pave the way in which for her to win gold on the Paris Video games and add to her Olympic silver from Tokyo, the place Hodgkinson shall be aiming to assert the World Championship title later this yr.
“I keep in mind after final yr’s race considering, ‘Can we do this once more?’,” stated Hodgkinson, who was topped BBC Sports activities Character of the Yr in 2024.
“It was such a dream to compete within the Olympic stadium and I am so excited to get again on the market and see what I can do.
“For me, that race actually set me up for what I did in Paris. I am now an Olympic champion which is a fairly wonderful factor to say out loud, however I nonetheless have not received world gold, so I’ve actually massive targets this summer time.
“Having that crowd behind me in London, plus a bunch of super-quick women to race in opposition to, would be the absolute best preparation as I construct in the direction of the World Championships in Tokyo.”
The London Athletics Meet is the eleventh assembly of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League.
