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Werro Outguns Hodgkinson to Win Women's 800m at Ultimate
Werro led from start to finish and won $150,000 as the inaugural event’s richest prize pot reached $10 million, officials said.
- On Saturday, Swiss runner Audrey Werro won the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship 800m title in Budapest, clocking 1:55.88 in a dominant gun-to-tape display.
- The intense rivalry between Werro, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, and Dutchwoman Femke Broeders-Bol has driven the 800m to unprecedented levels this season at the National Athletics Centre.
- Werro finished ahead of Hodgkinson in 1:56.26 and Broeders-Bol in third, earning $150,000 from the event's $10 million prize pot, the richest in the sport.
- The 22-year-old capped a breakthrough season after posting 1:53.70, the quickest 800m time recorded in 43 years, arriving in Budapest as the overwhelming favorite.
- Whether Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1:53.28 world record from 1983 can survive another season remains uncertain, though Kratochvilova has consistently denied doping allegations linked to the record.
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Werro outpaces Hodgkinson to win inaugural Ultimate Championship 800m title
·London, United Kingdom
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Switzerland's Audrey Werro ended her dazzling season by winning the 800m of the Ultimate Championships on Saturday in Budapest, cutting the line in 1 min 55 sec 88.
·Paris, France
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France24Werro outguns Hodgkinson to win women's 800m at Ultimate
In-form Swiss Werro, unbeaten this season, clocked 1min 55.88sec in a dominant gun-to-tape display, with Britain's Olympic champion Hodgkinson taking second in 1:56.26. Broeders-Bol, in her first season as she transitions from the 400m hurdles -- an event in which she was twice a world champion, rounded out the podium. Werro raced out into the lead, Broeders-Bol on her shoulder and Hodgkinson in third. The 22-year-old Swiss champion, who was cro…
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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