"These World Athletics Championships witnessed another shock on Sunday as Britain's Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson had to settle for bronze after a thrilling three-way shootout down the final straight. In front of her just was her team-mate and training partner, Georgia Hunter-Bell, who took silver. It was the first time since 1993, when Colin Jackson and Tony Jarrett duked it out in the 110m hurdles, that two Britons had made the podium in the same world championship race."
"But neither had an answer to unheralded Kenyan Lilian Odira, who came wide swooped late to win in 1min 54.62 sec, a personal best of nearly two seconds. The 26-year-old Odira was ranked 17th in the world before this race. Now, incredibly, she is world champion. Hodgkinson ran hugely creditably, and her time of 1:54.91 was her third fastest ever."
Lilian Odira surged wide in the final straight to win the women's 800m in 1:54.62, a personal best of nearly two seconds, moving from a world ranking of 17 to world champion. Georgia Hunter-Bell finished second in 1:54.90, a personal best by nearly a second. Keely Hodgkinson took bronze in 1:54.91, her third-fastest time. Two Britons sharing the podium marked the first such occurrence at the world championships since 1993. Hodgkinson faced a heavy schedule of three races in four days after more than a year out with three hamstring injuries.
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