Following an injury-ridden season and disappointing bronze at the World Championships, Keely Hodgkinson closed out the year by winning the 800m at Athlos in New York as well as $60,000 and a Tiffany & Co. crown.

Hodgkinson stormed to a 1:56.53 meet record, crucially beating training partner Georgia Hunter Bell who nipped the Olympic Champion on the line in Tokyo just weeks ago.

Athlos, a women's track and field meet, took place at the Icahn Stadium New York on Friday, following the long jump qualifying competition in Times Square the night before.

"I've barely raced this season so it was probably less of a struggle for me to go out there and want to give it something," said Hodgkinson, who finished third at worlds last month.

"The atmosphere out there is crazy so it was really, really

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