Hodgkinson Set For Long-awaited Return In Silesia

Keely Hodgkinson is group to title her first title since being crowned Olympic 800m champion 12 months ago, while chap Briton Georgia Hunter Bell targets her 3rd Diamond League triumph of nan play successful Silesia, Poland.

England's Hodgkinson, who suffered setbacks during her betterment from a hamstring wounded sustained successful February, will make her long-awaited return to competitory action conscionable 4 weeks earlier nan commencement of nan World Championships successful Tokyo.

The 23-year-old, a two-time world metallic medallist, will title complete 800m successful Silesia - an arena that is not portion of nan Diamond League programme astatine this meeting.

Training partner Hunter Bell contests nan women's 1500m arsenic nan Olympic bronze medallist weighs up whether to target that arena successful Tokyo, aliases subordinate Hodgkinson successful nan 800m.

Following 800m wins astatine nan Diamond League events successful Stockholm and London, Hunter Bell will trial herself against Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay and Diribe Welteji successful a high-quality line-up.

Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell, who are some coached by Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, are group to spell head-to-head successful nan 800m astatine nan Lausanne Diamond League adjacent Wednesday.

Also successful Silesia, Dina Asher-Smith takes connected world champion Sha'Carri Richardson successful nan women's 100m, while Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt are up against two-time world champion Shericka Jackson successful nan 200m.

World indoor champion Amber Anning is successful nan women's 400m, and nan men's 1500m features Neil Gourley.

Armand Duplantis - who this week collapsed nan men's rod vault world grounds for nan 13th time - Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles and Femke Bol are among nan world stars successful action.

Watch nan Silesia Diamond League action connected BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app from 15:00-17:00 BST connected Friday.

As Hodgkinson's title is not portion of nan Diamond League programme, it will return spot earlier TV sum originates - but replays will beryllium disposable connected BBC platforms.

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The 16th Diamond League play is nether measurement arsenic athletics' Olympic stars build towards their changeable astatine world glory successful 2025.

Athletes compete for points successful 32 disciplines successful a bid to suffice for nan finals successful Zurich successful August.

That takes spot conscionable complete a fortnight earlier nan commencement of nan World Athletics Championships successful Tokyo, Japan.

All Diamond League events will beryllium shown connected nan BBC, which has agreed a deal to broadcast nan title for nan adjacent 5 years.

It is besides nan first twelvemonth successful which nan Diamond League must compete pinch Michael Johnson's caller Grand Slam Track for athletes' attention.

However, location has been only 1 nonstop conflict betwixt nan 2 competitions - pinch nan Miami Slam connected 2-4 May taking spot astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic nan meet successful Keqiao, China connected 3 May.

The Diamond League has accrued its prize money to a full of $9.24m (£6.95m) crossed nan series.

That includes $500,000 (£375,000) astatine each of nan 14 bid meetings, and $2.2m (£1.7m) astatine nan Diamond League final.

Athletes will compete for points astatine nan 14 regular bid meetings which started successful April and tally done to August.

Points are awarded connected a standard from 8 for first spot to 1 for eighth place.

After nan 14th gathering successful Brussels, nan apical six classed athletes successful nan section events, nan apical 8 successful way events from 100m up to 800m, and nan apical 10 successful nan distances from 1500m upwards suffice for nan finals.

The two-day finals are a winner-takes-all title to beryllium crowned Diamond League champion successful each event.

26 April - Xiamen, China

03 May - Keqiao, China

16 May - Doha, Qatar

25 May - Rabat, Morocco

06 June - Rome, Italy

12 June - Oslo, Norway

15 June - Stockholm, Sweden

20 June - Paris, France

05 July - Eugene, USA

11 July - Monaco

19 July - London, England

16 August - Silesia, Poland

20 August - Lausanne, Switzerland

22 August - Brussels, Belgium

27-28 August - Zurich, Switzerland