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Werro edges ever closer to elusive women's 800m world record

Summary by France24
Werro clocked 1min 53.70sec for victory at the Letzigrund Stadium, a meet and national record and the third fastest time ever run over the two-lap distance. It improved by 0.10sec her previous best set at the Paris Diamond League in June. The 22-year-old Swiss sensation now owns four of the top 10 times in the 800m. Femke Broeders-Bol improved the Dutch national record to 1:54.71 in second place. Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson was a…

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The 22-year-old underscores in world class Zurich that she is the clear number one in the 800 m race. In 1:53.70 she only misses the world record by 42 hundredths of a second.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Swiss running star Audrey Werro ran a result close to the world record again at her home Diamond League stage in Zurich.

·Tallinn, Estonia
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Radio France Internationale broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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