Kenya’s Lilian Odira overhauled Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the women’s 800 metres title at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Odira set a championship record of 1min 54.62sec for victory, beating by 0.06sec the previous best set by Jarmila Kratochvilova of the then-Czechoslavakia in Helsinki in 1983.
Published Date: 2025-09-21 13:53:13
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Source: The Standard