London (AFP) – The coaching team behind Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson have suggested she could break athletics' longest-standing world record as early as next year. The 22-year ...

Considering the enormity of the women’s 800 metres world record, set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova during an era of Eastern Bloc dominance, it was a statement which could barely also have ...

Freshly-anointed Sports Personality of the Year Keely Hodgkinson has revealed she will attempt to break the world 800 metres short-track record at a new ‘Keely Klassic’ event on February 15.

The current world 800 metres short-track record of 1:55.82 was set by Slovenia’s Jolanda Ceplak on March 3, 2002 – the day Hodgkinson was born. Keely Hodgkinson after receiving the award for ...