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Keely Hodgkinson explains why she is eager to face off against Kenya's 800m queen Mary Moraa.
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has said her first race since winning the Paris Olympics will be a "nerve-wracking one".
The Britton, 23, suffered a hamstring injury earlier this year and hasn't raced for the last 10 months but a return to the Stockholm Diamond League on June 15 is on the cards.
The women's 800m field features all eight of the top-ranked runners in the world, including fellow Brits Georgia Hunter-Bell and Jemma Reekie.
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Hodgkinson believes Stockholm will be a big challenge, but is ready to face the stacked field.
"I feel out of practice in a way, because by the time I do the race it will be 10 months. But it's nothing we haven't coped with before. It will be a challenge, the first race will be a nerve-wracking one because my last race I literally became Olympic champion. But I'm excited for it," Hodgkinson told BBC Sports.
Competition from Mary Moraa
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Kenya's Mary Moraa and Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma, who won Bronze and silver respectively in Paris, are both due to take part in the race.
Hodgkinson maintained that she is eager to replicate her Olympics heroics and make another statement this year ahead of the World Championships.
"When I saw the line-up it was the perfect motivation that I needed for the next six weeks. Having not competed in so long it almost seems so far away.
"Now I've got that extra motivator of who is going to be there. It is going to be a hard race, we want to come out on top, so we're working really hard towards that and the races to follow after that.
"It's not going to be easy, it never is, but I'm looking forward to it."
Hodgkinson was injured in February during her final training session before the Keely Klassic, a new athletics event in Birmingham which she founded.
She said it had taken a lot of time and patience to let her hamstring recover properly, but there have been no setbacks since.
Hodgkinson's primary focus
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Her primary aim this season remains winning gold at the World Championships in Tokyo in September, although she is also hoping to break the 1mn 54sec barrier for the 800m.
She has previously said she has her sights on the world record of 1:53.28, which was set in 1983 by Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova, but it appears that is more of a future aim.
"It's going to be hard in Tokyo, everyone is going to step it up as they do every year, the standard just gets higher and higher," Hodgkinson added.
"We're pushing the limits, we want to break the 1.54 barrier, hopefully this year, we'll see.
"But the main aim would be to win gold and whatever [time] that comes with would be amazing. Titles last forever."
Hodgkinson holds the world indoor best for the 600m and was the 2021 and 2023 Diamond League 800m champion, her first 'global' titles.