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Olympic champion Hodgkinson was also looking for history at Saturday’s event in London, but suffered a bizarre injury in training prior to the race and had to settle for a time of 1.56.21 as she won the women’s 800m.
That was almost three tenths of a second slower than the world record set by Jarmila Kratochvilova – then running for Czechoslovakia – at a race meeting in Munich in July 1983.
The 43-year record continues with Hodgkinson’s hopes hampered while cooling down after a session in Wigan when she tripped over and landed on a metal grate, which shredded her knees.
Hodgkinson will have another attempt at the record on home soil at the European Championships in Birmingham next month – which may turn into a showdown with Swiss runner Audrey Werro who has recorded the third and fourth fastest 800m times recently.
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