Tokyo 2025: Major upset as Kenya’s Odira claims women’s 800m gold in record time
Kenya’s Lilian Odira produced one of the biggest shocks of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, storming to victory in the women’s 800m with a championship record performance, Afrosport reports. The 26-year-old, who arrived in Tokyo as an outsider rather than a pre-race favourite, unleashed a devastating late surge to overhaul Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, clocking 1:54.62. Odira’s time not only carved nearly two seconds off...
