Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith had indoor performances to remember this weekend.
Hodgkinson, the Olympic and world silver medalist in the 800m, broke the world record in the indoor 600m with her time of 1:23.41 in Manchester on Saturday. The previous record was held by Olga Kotlyarova (1:23.44.)
“It feels pretty good,” Hodgkinson told Athletics Weekly after the race. “I didn’t publicise it but I was going for the world record. My family is here, I train here all the time but I don’t like running on my home track because I associate it with training and it just feels weird but today it was fun.
I came here to execute. I’ve been training so far. This winter has been tough so I’m just happy to come out and start the season with a bang.”
Asher-Smith had herself quite the night in Karlsruhe, as she set the British record in the 60m with her run of 7.04.
“I always love racing here, and I’m so happy to come away with a PB and national record,” Asher-Smith told World Athletics. “I’ve had a really good winter, so I’ve been really excited to get back out here. The crowd helped me, 100%. The last time I was here it was in the middle of Covid and there was no crowd, so thank you to Germany for making this an incredible meet.”
Asha Philip previously held the record with her time of 7.06.
