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Werro holds off injured Hodgkinson for 800m title as Jefferson-Wooden and Bednarek win 100m at inaugural Ultimate Championship
September 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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TGThe Guardian
Keely Hodgkinson has to settle for silver as Audrey Werro takes Ultimate gold
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BNBBC News
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: Keely Hodgkinson second to Audrey Werro despite recent hamstring tear
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ESESPN
Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek capture Ultimate Championship wins
(opens the publisher’s site)Audrey Werro beat Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, where Jefferson-Wooden and Bednarek won the 100m titles.
- Werro won in one minute 55.88 seconds, with Hodgkinson second in 1:56.26 after overhauling Femke Broeders-Bol on the home straight.
- Hodgkinson ran less than a month after tearing a hamstring at the European final, saying it was "touch and go" whether she would make the start line.
- Hodgkinson told BBC Sport her season had been frustrating but that finishing second in the world meant she could not be "too hard on myself."
- Jefferson-Wooden ran a world-leading 10.62 to beat Julien Alfred in the women's 100m, and Kenny Bednarek beat Olympic champion Oblique Seville in the men's race, each winning $150,000.
- Werro has won all 14 events she has entered since losing to Hodgkinson at the world indoor championships, including the European title.
- The 22-year-old, who only began full-time training this year, is closing in on Jarmila Kratochvilova's 43-year-old world record.