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Why Bittersweet Diamond Run Left Record-Breaking Keely Hodgkinson Beaten - but 'Not Disappointed'

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Keely Hodgkinson reflected on 'an interesting race' in Stockholm - where she set a new personal best AND British record, despite being beaten by Audrey Werro.

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Audrey Werro sets new standards at the Diamond-League-Meeting in Stockholm over 800 m in 1:53.98 minutes.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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It was not long before the world record holder in the 800 meters, Jarmila Kratochvílová, lost her best. At the Diamond League meeting, Briton Keely Hodgkinson was supposed to try to beat her performance from 1983, but the race ended up with a different heroine. Swiss Audrey Werr won in a time of 1:53.98.

Audrey Werro entered another dimension at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. The 22-year-old Freiburger signed in 1'53''98 the 3rd time of history over 800m, 0''70 from the "old" world record of Jarmila Kratochvila, to pick the victory.

It was truly delivered in the 800 meters in the Diamond League in Stockholm. First Cooper Lutkenhaus (17) won in her debut, before Audrey Werro became the first woman under 1.54 since the 80s.

·Norway
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NRK broke the news in Norway on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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