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Keeley Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell to face world champion Lillian Odira in Eugene


The British duo will meet reigning world gold medalist Kenya at the Prefontaine Classic on July 4.

Last year’s World Championship women’s 800m one-two-three finishers will compete at the Prefontaine Classic on July 4 in Eugene, Oregon.

Hodgkinson just set an indoor world record of 1:54.87 in Liewyn this month, but was beaten by training partner Hunter Bell and Odira at the Worlds in Tokyo last September.

Lillian Odira (Getty)

Hunter Bell also won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2024 Olympics as Hodgkinson won the Olympic title in the 800m.

As a student-athlete at the University of California, Berkeley, Hunter Bell first competed at Hayward Field in Eugene at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships.

Keeley Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell (Getty)

When Odira won in Tokyo, he set a personal best of 1:54.62, the seventh fastest time in history, breaking a championships record that had stood for more than 42 years.

The Prefontaine Classic will take place July 3-4 with the Mutola 800m, named after the multiple winner of the women’s 800m at the July 4 event.



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