Hodgkinson sets 400m personal best at Diamond League in Rome

Keely Hodgkinson made further progress on her 400m speed in Rome, coming home with a time of 51.14 in a race won by Henriette Jaeger; two-time world indoor champion Molly Caudery clinched the pole vault title with a season's best jump of 4.80m

Last Updated: 05/06/26 6:54am

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Sky Sports' Geraint Hughes speaks to Team GB's Keely Hodgkinson about her 800m world record attempt

Keely Hodgkinson claimed a personal best as she finished seventh on her women's 400m Diamond League debut in Rome.

The Paris gold medallist is looking to smash Jarmila Kratochvilova's near-43-year-old women's outdoor 800m record this summer and made further progress on her 400m speed, coming home with a time of 51.14 in a race won by Henriette Jaeger.

Hodgkinson finished behind compatriot Amber Anning, the 2025 400m world indoor champion, who placed fifth with a time of 50.19 at the Stadio Olimpico in an incredible race that saw six women go sub-50.

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Two-time world indoor champion Molly Caudery clinched the pole vault title with a season's best jump of 4.80m, while fellow indoor champion Georgia Hunter Bell came first in the women's 1500m with a time of three minutes 58.63 seconds.

"I felt really happy to come away with the win. The first race of the season is very tough because you don't know where you are," Hunter Bell told BBC Sport.

"It's a big improvement from the 4:00 dead I opened up with last year, which was an improvement from 2024, so all boding well."

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Olympic champion Julien Alfred won the women's 200m, while 2025 World Championships silver medallist Amy Hunt took fourth in 22.52 seconds and came in front of fifth-placed Dina Asher-Smith, who finished in 22.76 seconds.

Olympic champion Noah Lyles took the men's 100m title with a time of 9.88 seconds, ahead of Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in second and third respectively. Jeremiah Azu came ninth.