The 800m Olympic champion, 22, ran the sixth-fastest time ever this year and has made it clear she eventually wants to better Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 1:53.28, set in 1983. That record is the ...

Jarmila Kratochvilova in 1983 and Nadezhda Olizarenko in 1980 remain the only women to break 1min 54sec for 800m but, in an era of super spikes and super tracks, there is a belief that Hodgkinson ...

Keely Hodgkinson has targeted breaking one of the oldest track world records after winning 800 metre gold at the Paris ...

Now, her coaching team believes the legendary record held by Jarmila Kratochvilova could finally fall in the coming years. Could 2026 be the year? Newly crowned Olympic champion in the 800 metres ...