Mancunian Matters
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28th January 2023
Keely Hodgkinson breaks 600m world record in front of a roaring home crowd
Atherton’s Keely Hodgkinson broke the 600m world indoor best today in Manchester with a time of 1:23.41, shaving 3 hundredths of a second off the previous record.
Hodgkinson, 20, is coached by Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows in Wigan and arrived at the Manchester Regional Arena with Meadows’ British record of 1:25.81 as her target.
At least that was what we were told by the meeting organizers before the race, however, Keely thought otherwise.
“It feels pretty good. I didn’t publicize it but