Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson finishes second again in the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon, as she is beaten by Kenya’s Lilian Odira. The race results leave Hodgkinson without a world record and without a win in this latest meeting of the season. Multiple outlets report that Hodgkinson is seeking the women’s 800m world record but falls short of that goal, with Odira taking victory and Hodgkinson placing second.
The defeat is also described as consecutive. One report notes that Hodgkinson previously lost the same event in Stockholm about a month earlier, making the Eugene race her second straight Diamond League loss. Across the coverage, the key points are that Odira leads the field in Eugene, Hodgkinson cannot produce the performance needed for a world record, and her recent run includes back-to-back defeats in Diamond League competition.
