Hodgkinson leads GB medal hopes at world indoors

Keely Hodgkinson will lead Great Britain’s gold medal hopes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships when a strong squad travels to Poland later this month.

Four weeks after breaking the long-standing women’s indoor 800m world record, Olympic champion Hodgkinson is aiming to win the world indoor title on her first appearance at the event.

The 24-year-old, a three-time world medallist outdoors, could also be considered for the 4x400m relay team after running a personal best 51.49 seconds over the shorter distance at the start of March.

Jeremiah Azu will seek to retain his men’s 60m title, while world 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt is joined by British record holder Dina Asher-Smith – competing at the world indoors for the first time since 2016 – in the women’s 60m.

Josh Kerr, the 2023 world champion and 2024 Olympic silver medallist over 1500m, will attempt to regain the 3,000m title he won in Glasgow two years ago.

World 800m silver medallist Georgia Hunter Bell, whose 1500m bronze from last year’s world indoors looks set to be upgraded after runner-up Diribe Welteji was handed a two-year doping ban, joins 2024 world indoor 800m silver medallist Jemma Reekie in the women’s 1500m.

Pole vaulter Molly Caudery will target a return to a global podium for the first time since her world indoor triumph two years ago, as will 800m runner Ben Pattison following his breakout world medal in 2023.

The final size of the initial 29-member British team could yet change, with 15 athletes selected subject to the final world ranking positions, which will be finalised by 11 March.

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