Keely Hodgkinson interview: Why this summer is about the 800m world record and defending her European crown

Keely Hodgkinson has sights set on world record at London Diamond League

Keely Hodgkinson is targeting Jarmila Kratochvilova's 43-year-old outdoor 800m world record (1:53.28) at the London Diamond League in July, after breaking the indoor mark in February. For sports-adjacent tech and sponsorship decision-makers, her clean-sport stance and rejection of the Enhanced Games signals continued institutional resistance to performance-drug normalization, reinforcing World Athletics' AIU framework as the dominant integrity standard.