Keely Hodgkinson. Photo. Imago
Keely Hodgkinson explains why the Diamond League prepared her for glory at the Paris Olympic Games.
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will receive a hero’s welcome when she returns to the London Stadium to race over 800m at the London Athletics Meet on July 19.
Delivering a typically fearless performance, the 23-year-old made history at the 2024 event with a meeting record, national record and personal best of 1:54.61, moving her from tenth up to sixth on the world all-time rankings according to Athletics Weekly.
It was the perfect preparation for Paris where she went on to win Olympic gold, adding to a fast-growing CV that also includes Olympic silver from Tokyo 2021, four senior European titles and two World Championship silver medals.
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“I remember after last year’s race thinking, ‘Can we do that all over again?’,” said the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
“It was such a dream to compete in the Olympic stadium and I’m so excited to get back out there and see what I can do.
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“For me, that race really set me up for what I did in Paris. I’m now an Olympic champion which is a pretty amazing thing to say out loud, but I still haven’t won world gold, so I have really big goals this summer.
“Having that crowd behind me in London, plus a bunch of super-quick ladies to race against, will be the best possible preparation as I build towards the World Championships in Tokyo.”
The London Athletics Meet – the world’s biggest one-day athletics event – is the 11th meeting of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League.
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The series, which will pay out a record total of $9.24 million in prize money, comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field across four different continents, starting with Xiamen and concluding with a single final across two days in Zurich on August 27-28.
This year’s London Athletics Meet is the fastest selling in the event’s history and is on track to sell out in record time with over 57,000 tickets sold already.
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