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When is Keely Hodgkinson running in the World Athletics Championships 800m?

Keely Hodgkinson is the hot favourite to add world gold to her Olympic gold from last summer - (PA Archive)

Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is in action this week in Tokyo as the World Athletics Championships build to a thrilling conclusion.

The Briton was a dominant victor in Paris last year but has barely raced since her long-awaited Olympic triumph, with two torn hamstrings putting her out of action for 376 days.

But the silver world medallist from 2022 and 2023 returned in smoking-hot form at the Diamond League in Silesia last month, setting a new meeting record of one minute and 54.74 seconds - the second-fastest time of her career.

She followed it up with another winning time in Lausanne, and it seems that only a real calamity can deny her a maiden world title in Tokyo.

How to watch the World Athletics Championships

Viewers in the UK can watch the World Athletics Championships for free on BBC One and Two and BBC iPlayer.

When is Keely Hodgkinson racing?

The women’s 800m gets underway with heats on Thursday 18 September, starting at 11:55am BST.

The semi-finals follow on Friday 19 September from 12:45pm BST, with the showpiece event at 11:35am on the final day of the championships, Saturday 21 September.

World Athletics Championships 2025 schedule (all times BST)

Day 6 - Thursday 18 September

11:05Women’s 5000m - Heats

11:15Women’s High Jump- Qualification

11:23Men’s Javelin Throw - Final

11:55Women’s 800m - Heats

12:55Women’s Triple Jump - Final

13:02Men’s 200m - Semi-Final

13:24Women’s 200m - Semi-Final

13:45Men’s 800m - Semi-Final

14:10Men’s 400m - Final

14:24Women’s 400m - Final

Day 7 - Friday 19 September

09:33Women’s 100m Hurdles Heptathlon

10:20Women’s High JumpHeptathlon

11:30Women’s Javelin Throw- Qualification, Group A

12:05Men’s 5000m - Heats

12:30Women’s Shot Put Heptathlon

12:45Women’s 800m - Semi-Final

12:50Men’s Triple Jump - Final

13:00Women’s Javelin Throw- Qualification, Group B

13:15Men’s 400m Hurdles - Final

13:27Women’s 400m Hurdles - Final

13:38Women’s 200m Heptathlon

14:06Men’s 200m - Final

14:22Women’s 200m - Final

Day 9 - Saturday 21 September

Evening session

09:35Men’s Javelin ThrowDecathlon - Group A

10:47Men’s Javelin ThrowDecathlon - Group B

11:30Women’s High Jump - Final

11:35Women’s 800m - Final

11:50Men’s 5000m - Final

12:00Men’sDiscus Throw - Final

12:25Men’s4x400m Relay - Final

12:40Women’s4x400m Relay - Final

12:55Men’s 1500m Decathlon

13:10Women’s 4x100m Relay - Final

13:20Men’s 4x100m Relay - Final

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