Hodgkinson hopes Commonwealth pain can inspire European Championships gold

19.08.2022 - 15:55 eurosport.com

Keely Hodgkinson says the pain of her world and Commonwealth silvers is fuelling her battle through end-of-season fatigue as she targets a long-awaited gold at the European Championships.

TheÂ Wigan BoroughÂ ace waltzed through her 800m heat in Munich as a time of 2:03.72 fired her into Friday night's semi-finals.

Ad Hodgkinson, 20, fell short of gold medals at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games as she went down against American star Athing Mu and Kenyan Mary Moraa in both Eugene and Birmingham.

AthleticsMore to come from Caudery despite seventh-placed finish at EuropeansAN HOUR AGO And after watching British teammate Matt Hudson-Smith follow up his bronze and silvers with 400m gold to 'complete the set' on Wednesday night, Hodgkinson is hellbent on doing the same in Germany this weekend.

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Keely Hodgkinson believes keeping things simple and trusting her instinct fired her to a long-awaited major championship gold. The Olympic silver medallist won the European 800m title on Saturday night after breezing to victory ahead of Renelle Lamote and Anna Wielgosz in Munich. Ad Hodgkinson, 20, followed up her breakthrough Tokyo medal with silvers at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games after being beaten by Athing Mu in Eugene and then stunned by Mary Moraa in Birmingham.

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