Overview
- Her 1:54.87 erased Jolanda Ceplak’s 1:55.82 from 2002, a mark set on the day Hodgkinson was born.
- She hit 400m in 55.56 seconds behind pacemaker Anna Gryc and the wavelight system before pulling clear of a strong field including Audrey Werro and Tsige Duguma.
- Hodgkinson arrived in peak form after running a British indoor best of 1:56.33 in Birmingham days earlier, then forgoing the final to focus on the record attempt.
- The performance caps a comeback from a disrupted 2025 season marked by hamstring and knee problems that limited her build-up to the Tokyo World Championships.
- After Liévin, she targets indoor gold in Poland and has signalled intentions to chase the outdoor 800m world record of 1:53.28 later in the year.