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Hodgkinson to compete in Athlos NYC meet

Hodgkinson to compete in Athlos NYC meet

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Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has signed up to compete in the Athlos New York City event this autumn.Athlos is a project backed by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's venture capital firm Seven Seven Six.The 23-year-old will miss the London Diamond League meet this weekend as a result of a hamstring tear in February.The Briton will compete in the second edition of the all-female athletics event on 10 October but has not raced since winning 800m gold at the Paris Olympics last August.British 400m record holder Amber Anning - who won two relay bronze medals at the Paris Olympics and the individual world 400m indoors title in March - and American 200m Olympic champion Gabby Thomas are among those participating.Ohanian is married to 23-time tennis Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams and bought an 8-10% stake in Chelsea Women in May.The inaugural competition took place last September and was a track-only event but the second will include the long jump, which is set to be headlined by American Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall.The meet once again takes place at Icahn Stadium.
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