🚨 EMERGENCY PODCAST: KEELY HODGKINSON BREAKS THE INDOOR 800M WORLD RECORD IN 1:54.87 🚨
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Chris Chavez and Preet Majithia jump on the mics to react to 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson clocking a 1:54.87 in the indoor 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in Liévin, France. The mark shattered Jolanda Ceplak’s 1:55.82 (2002) record by 0.95 seconds. It’s one of the largest world record improvements in the event’s history.
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Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez + Preet Majithia | @preet_athletics
Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr
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| 1:43.8 | Chris Chavez, Prit Magyia, here to unpack the fact that |
| 1:48.7 | Keely Hutchinson just absolutely smashed the indoor 800 meter record running 154.87 in Levin, |
| 1:59.4 | nearly a full second faster than the previous mark that had stood since |
| 2:04.5 | 2002 on the day that she was born. It was destiny, as she put it. And today on the track, she |
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