Hodgkinson targets 800m world record set in 1983

Keely Hodgkinson has group her sights connected breaking nan 800m women's world grounds which has stood for much than 4 decades.

The 22-year-old won golden complete nan distance astatine nan Olympic Games successful Paris and has now targeted 1 of nan oldest way world records.

Czech jock Jarmila Kratochvilova ran a grounds 800m clip of 1 infinitesimal and 53.28 seconds astatine Munich’s Olympic Stadium successful July 1983.

Hodgkinson's winning clip successful Paris was 1:56.72, but her assurance has soared since clocking 1:54.61 successful London successful July.

Speaking astatine a typical 'Team GB's Homecoming' arena astatine Manchester's AO Arena, Hodgkinson said: "It's decidedly thing I've thought astir since I raced successful London.

"I deliberation that grounds has stood for truthful long. It's been a agelong clip since anyone has deed [one infinitesimal and] 53 seconds, truthful I'd emotion to do that. I deliberation I can. I now judge I tin do that."

Olympic 1500m bronze badge victor Georgia Bell said she is still undecided astir whether to go a full-time athlete.

The 30-year-old only returned to moving 3 years agone having fallen retired of emotion pinch nan sport.

Bell still useful for a a cyber information package institution successful London.

"I've been connected a break complete nan summertime to attraction connected nan Olympics and nan scheme is to spell backmost successful September," she said.

"Work person been super-supportive and we'll spot what happens. I deliberation it will beryllium really difficult to equilibrium both. So it's thing I'm going to deliberation about."

Toby Roberts became nan first Briton to triumph an Olympic badge successful sports climbing aft he dramatically took golden successful nan boulder and lead arena successful Paris.

The 19-year-old said things had "been a spot of a blur" since and it still "feels surreal to person this badge information my cervix correct now".

He added: "I've ever seen myself arsenic a climber who loves competing and to beryllium among each these awesome athletes successful this situation feels for illustration a dream really."