Jasmine Trapnell
Sports activities journalist
Olympic Champion Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m at Athlos in New York and is introduced with a Tiffany & Co. crown by tennis legend Serena Williams; Brit can even have a brand new rival subsequent 12 months as World 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol introduced she’s going to transfer to compete over 800m.
Final Up to date: 11/10/25 9:23am
Serena Williams presents Keely Hodgkinson along with her Tiffany & Co crown after profitable the 800m throughout at Athlos in New York
Following an injury-ridden season and disappointing bronze on the World Championships, Keely Hodgkinson closed out the 12 months by profitable the 800m at Athlos in New York in addition to $60,000 and a Tiffany & Co. crown.
Hodgkinson stormed to a 1:56.53 meet report, crucially beating coaching associate Georgia Hunter Bell who nipped the Olympic Champion on the road in Tokyo simply weeks in the past.
Athlos, a ladies’s monitor and subject meet, befell on the Icahn Stadium New York on Friday, following the lengthy bounce qualifying competitors in Instances Sq. the evening earlier than.
Keely Hodgkinson poses along with her Tiffany & Co. crown after profitable the 800m at Athlos in New York
“I’ve barely raced this season so it was probably less of a struggle for me to go out there and want to give it something,” mentioned Hodgkinson, who completed third at worlds final month.
“The atmosphere out there is crazy so it was really, really fun.”
Twenty-three-time tennis main winner Serena Williams, who’s married to Athlos founder Alexis Ohanian, was readily available to current the winners with their crowns, including A-list lustre to the occasion.
The meet additionally attracted a number of the sport’s greatest names, as Kenya’s three-time Olympic gold medallist and world record-holder Religion Kipyegon ran an excellent technical efficiency to win the mile, crossing the end in 4:17.78.
Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely Hodgkinson are coaching companions as a part of M11 Observe Membership (AP Picture/David J. Phillip)
She completed almost two seconds quicker than Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, whereas American Nikki Hiltz was third in 4:32.51.
Olympic champion Masai Russell wrested the lead with two limitations to go to win the 100m hurdles in 12.52, ending her season on a optimistic be aware after a disappointing fourth-place end at worlds final month in Tokyo.
Her American compatriot Grace Stark, who took bronze at worlds, completed second in 12.60, whereas Alaysha Johnson (12.66) was third.
American Brittany Brown shocked herself with the dash double, beginning with the 100m the place she exploded on the midway mark and held on by the ultimate metres to win in 10.99 seconds. Beating compatriot Jacious Sears by simply two hundredths of a second, with Kayla White (11.22) third.
The 200m Olympic bronze medallist returned to the monitor an hour later, dominating the longer dash with a private greatest 21.89, beating compatriot Anavia Battle (22.21) and Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (22.65).
The gold medallist on the Paris Video games, Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic broke away down the ultimate straight to win the 400m in 50.07, whereas Brit Amber Anning got here by in sixth with 52.86,
Within the lengthy bounce, Olympic and World Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall equalled her greatest efficiency of the 12 months to take the primary subject occasion win at Athlos.
However the evening earlier than the ultimate, was a historic second for ladies’s lengthy bounce because the qualifying befell in Instances Sq..
Six ladies have been leaping in an try to make the ultimate, together with Brit Jazmin Sawyers, who jumped 6.22 within the ultimate to take third, 18 months after rupturing her Achilles.
New rival on the horizon
For the final couple of years, Hodgkinson has been the poster woman of 800m, however subsequent 12 months there will be a brand new child on the block.
Femke Bol has introduced she’s going to transfer to operating the 800m after changing into two-time world champion over 400m hurdles
At simply 25-years-old Femke Bol has three World Championship golds, three silvers and a bronze, alongside one Olympic gold, one silver and two bronze.
However on Friday, she revealed that she’s going to transfer to compete over the 800m subsequent season, an uncommon transition for an athlete.
Hodgkinson welcomed the Dutch favorite on-line, who she is prone to compete in opposition to on the European Athletics Championships subsequent 12 months in Birmingham.
