Olympics-Athletics-Britons dominate women's 800m heats


Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 800m Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 02, 2024. Nia Akins of United States and Keely Hodgkinson of Britain in action with athletes during heat 4. REUTERS/Phil Noble

PARIS (Reuters) - British athletes dominated two of the six women's 800 metres qualifying heats on Friday with gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson looking strong and Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma producing the fastest time of the night.

Silver medallist in Tokyo, Hodgkinson set a personal best two weeks ago in London with the fastest time this year, making her the sixth-quickest of all-time.

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