Hodgkinson powers to Athlos win in speed suit

Keely Hodgkinson powered to victory in a custom-made full-body speed suit before being presented with a Tiffany & Co crown as Athlos made its London debut.

Hodgkinson was greeted by loud cheers as she emerged on to a stage and revealed the all-black aerodynamic outfit at the third edition of the all-female athletics meet.

The 24-year-old ensured she ended a mixed year with a dominant 800m victory in front of a sellout home crowd at StoneX Stadium, bursting clear on the back straight and crossing the line in one minute 56.40 seconds.

Speaking about the outfit, Hodgkinson said: "This is a project we have been working on with Nike for a long time. We thought: What a perfect place to bring it out, speed meeting style, all women's event. It went down a treat."

Created by Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and husband of tennis' 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, Athlos was staging a meet for the first time outside of New York.

In addition to the silver Tiffany crown awarded to winners instead of medals, a top prize of $65,000 (£48,500) was on offer in each event.

The single-night meet included seven disciplines, each featuring six athletes, with money on offer for each position from a total event prize pot of $1.05m (£790,500).

American sprint stars Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richardson were among the champions amid a party atmosphere which featured a live track-side DJ.

The athletes had arrived on a red carpet in north London but Hodgkinson saved her starring moment for the main event.

The eye-catching speed suit featured an open back and a hood with a ponytail opening, while colour-changing 3D-printed details reduced drag in key areas.

Paired with dark sunglasses and Nike's latest carbon-plated spikes, it helped Hodgkinson achieve her first victory since the London Diamond League in July.

It has been a year of record-breaking highs and frustrating setbacks for the Olympic champion.

An indoor season in which she landed her first world 800m title and smashed a 24-year world record heightened expectations that she would take down the sport's longest-standing mark outdoors.

But a nasty fall suffered on a post-session cool down run in July, and a recurrence of the hamstring injury which kept her out of action for much of 2025 at the European Championships, conspired to hinder her progress.