Georgia Hunter Bell to face Keely Hodgkinson in London Diamond League 800m

Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely Hodgkinson, training partners at M11 track club, will face each other in the 800m at the Novuna London Athletics Meet at London Stadium on July 18. Hunter Bell, the world indoor 1500m champion and Olympic bronze medallist, claimed a world silver medal and a lifetime best of 1:54.90 at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, placing her ninth-fastest in the world over 800m. The matchup revisits their 2024 London Diamond League clash, where Hodgkinson won in a national record of 1:54.61 ahead of Hunter Bell and Jemma Reekie in a historic race where eight women broke 1:58.