Team GB won two more medals as the World Athletics Championships in Oregon came to an end overnight, while the men’s pole vault and women’s 110m hurdles world records were broken in stunning fashion.
In the women’s 800m final Keely Hodgkinson narrowly missed out on gold as she finished less than a second behind rival Athing Mu in a thrilling sprint to the finish line.
20-year-old Hodgkinson was behind Mu heading into the final corner before closing right up behind the Olympic champion as they entered the final straight, but could not make the overtake, coming home in a time of 1:56.38 to take the silver medal.
‘I gave it everything right up to the line,’ Hodgkinson said. ‘A world silver is not too bad. It adds fuel to the fire. I will go away and I still have more championships to come so will have to refocus for that. I’m gunning for a bit more so I am looking forward to next year.’
Mu is also 20 and beat Hodgkinson by just over half-a-second in the Olympic final in Tokyo last year, and the pair seem to dominate the event for the foreseeable future.
The Team GB 4x400m women’s relay squad managed to secure bronze in their final, meanwhile. Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin and Laviai Nielsen were joined by hurdler Jessie Knight for the final medal event of the Championships, and they finished in third place behind the United States of America and Jamaica with a time of 3:22.64.
‘I wanted to get out and go,’ said Amusan. ‘I did what I had to do. I believe in my abilities but I was not expecting a world record at these championships.
The final two podium finishes mean Team GB has finished with a total of seven medals at these Championships, with five bronzes plus Hodgkinson’s silver and the gold earned by Jake Wightman in the men’s 1500m.
The USA finished top with a total of 33 medals, ahead of Ethiopia and Jamaica who finished second and third on ten each.
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