Keely Hodgkinson Wraps Up Campaign with Victorious Display at Athlos in NYC
The athlete recorded her personal best of one minute 54.61 seconds last year in the British capital.
The Olympic champion concluded her two-lap season with a triumph at the all-female Athlos event in New York on Friday night.
{The current Olympic champion, who secured bronze at the global championships recently, dominated an outstanding victory in one minute 56.53 seconds in what was just her sixth appearance in a season affected by a hamstring injury.
Fellow Briton and world silver medallist Georgia Hunter Bell finished second again in 1:58.33, while St Vincent's Shafiqua M. (1:58.57) claimed third.
"I've barely raced this season so it was likely less of a struggle for me to compete and want to give it something," stated the 23-year-old.
"The environment out there is crazy so it was really, really fun."
The female-exclusive event packed Icahn Stadium in its second edition, bringing a party atmosphere to conventional athletics, with musical performances and Tiffany & Co. crowns substituting traditional winners' medals.
The tennis legend with 23 major titles Serena Williams, who is wed to the founder of Athlos Alexis Ohanian, was present to award the victors with their crowns.
Last year's winners received sixty thousand dollars (forty-four thousand six hundred and three pounds) - among the biggest cash prizes in athletics.
The competition also attracted several top athletes, as the Kenyan triple Olympic champion and global record breaker Faith K. won the mile, crossing the finish line in four hours 17.78 minutes.
American Brittany Brown, the 200m bronze medallist from last year's Paris Olympics, won the sprint double.
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