European Athletics Championships 2024: Keely Hodgkinson defends 800m title

Keely Hodgkinson defended her European 800m title with a dominant victory despite struggling with illness, as Great Britain also won women's 4x100m relay gold on the final night of action in Rome.

In a golden conclusion to the six-day championships for the British team, the women's 4x100m relay quartet featuring Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita also triumphed. Neita said: "To finish the championships with a gold medal with these amazing ladies, it’s just an incredible feeling, really electric and I really have a good feeling going into Paris."

This was Hodgkinson's second major outdoor title following success in Munich two years ago and comes before she targets a first global title at Paris 2024. The supremely talented Briton has been pushing the world's best since contesting her first major championships at the Tokyo Olympics. With the prize money secure, the bar was lifted to 6.25m as Duplantis took his latest three attempts at breaking the world record for a ninth time, but it was not to be on this occasion.completed a third successive European golden double as he added the 1500m title to the 5,000m crown he successfully defended on Saturday.

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