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Kenyan Athletes Shine in Tokyo, but Anti-Doping Efforts Remain in the Dark
Lilian Odira improved her personal best by nearly two seconds and broke a 42-year-old record with a time of 1:54.62, winning her first world championship gold.
- Kenya's Lilian Odira won gold in the women's 800 metres final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 21, 2025.
- Odira's victory followed her first world championships appearance and came in a race where she surpassed the 42-year-old championship record set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova.
- The race featured a very fast first lap and tactical pacing, with Odira coming from behind to overtake British athletes Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson in the final metres.
- Odira recorded a championship record and personal best time of 1:54.62, while Hunter-Bell and Hodgkinson completed the podium with personal bests of 1:54.90 and 1:54.91 respectively.
- Odira expressed gratitude for the win, calling it 'a long time coming,' while Hodgkinson, the favourite who returned recently from hamstring issues, said, 'It got away from me once again.
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