NewzSwiss runner sets 1:54.81sec championship bestFemke Broeders-Bol secures bronze in 1:55.54When Audrey Werro was a child, she was so painfully shy that her father told her she had to become a lion every time she raced. In an European women’s 800m final for the ages, she followed that advice to the letter.As the 22-year-old Swiss superstar came around the final bend, she could feel Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson on her shoulder, waiting to strike. The Dutch flyer Femke Broeders-Bol was also close enough to dream too.
But Werro was ready to flash her teeth. Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson is unable to defend her 800m European title taking silver behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro who has too much in the tank down the back straight. Keely Hodgkinson came up just short of a coveted European 800m title hat-trick after Swiss favourite Audrey Werro won their hotly-anticipated showdown in Birmingham as the British Olympic champion settled for silver.
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