Keely Hodgkinson falls short as Lilian Odira breaks women's 800m record in Eugene
Keely Hodgkinson’s bid to break the women’s 800m world record ended in disappointment for the second Diamond League meeting in succession on Saturday, as Kenya’s Lilian Odira surged past the British athlete in the final straight to win in Eugene, Oregon. Hodgkinson, the 2024 Olympic champion, finished 0.34 seconds behind Odira in 1:56.82, marking her second consecutive defeat in the event after a loss in Stockholm last month. “It’s tough to take,” Hodgkinson told reporters after the race. “I felt strong coming off the bend, but Lilian just had more in the tank today.”
The Diamond League meeting in Eugene delivered a flurry of national and continental records, with Germany’s Robert Farken slicing 1.07 seconds off his own German mile record to clock 3:47.76. Farken, 28, had set the previous best of 3:48.83 in Berlin exactly one year earlier. “I knew the field was fast, but I didn’t expect to run this,” he said. “The crowd pushed me all the way.”
Greece’s Olympic hurdler Katerina Bakogianni shattered the national 100m hurdles record in Athens on Friday, stopping the clock at 12.54 seconds to erase the 12.64 set by Paraskievi Patoulidou in 1992. Bakogianni, 24, clocked the time in qualifying for the Greek championships, where she went on to win the final in 12.61. “This is a dream,” she told local media. “I’ve worked so hard for this moment.”
In speed climbing, Emma Hunt of the United States made history on Saturday by becoming the first woman to break the six-second barrier in the discipline. Hunt, an Olympic climber, recorded 5.99 seconds in the speed semi-finals of the World Climbing Series in Kraków, Poland, eclipsing the previous women’s world record of 6.03 set by Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw in 2023. Hunt, 26, finished third in the event but later teamed with Sam Watson to win gold in the combined relay, where the pair became the first duo to dip under 11 seconds. “It’s incredible to do this on Independence Day,” Hunt said. “July 4th will always be special now.”
The Eugene meeting also saw Dutch shot-putter Jessica Schilder, the 2025 world champion and Belgium’s *Sportvrouw van het Jaar* in 2024, finish second with 20.11m, 45cm behind the United States’ Chase Jackson. Schilder, 26, had entered the competition as the Diamond League leader but was unable to match Jackson’s best throw of 20.56m. “I’m happy with the distance, but not with the result,” Schilder said. “I need to keep pushing.”
Slovenia’s Kristjan Čeh, the 2023 world champion, added a national record to his collection in the discus, hurling 69.94m to finish runner-up behind Lithuania’s world record holder Mykolas Alekna, whose throw of 71.06m was the meeting’s longest. “I’m pleased with the throw, but not with the place,” Čeh said. “Mykolas was just too strong today.”
Meanwhile, in New York, Joey Chestnut secured his 18th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest title on Thursday, devouring 66 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. The 42-year-old American, who had pleaded guilty to assault in April but was cleared to compete, fell short of his own 2021 record of 76 but still outpaced runner-up Pat Bertoletti by 15 dogs. “I didn’t set out to break the record today,” Chestnut said. “I just wanted to win.”
With the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham just six weeks away, the Eugene results offered a mixed preview of the continent’s medal hopes, while Hunt’s record-breaking climb and Chestnut’s latest gluttonous triumph provided lighter moments in a weekend of sporting milestones.
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