Official 2026 Stockholm DL discussion thread - Teen phenoms past and present (Lutkenhaus, Myers, Willis) + Reaction show at 1pm

Nice close, but terrible positioning for most of the race. She could have broken 1:57 if she got in a better spot in the first 600.

go audreeyyyyyyy werroooo. hopp schweiz!! unglaublich 🇨🇭🇨🇭 insane 🇨🇭🇨🇭

1:53.98

Werro is the best in the world right now.

If that is true (re her training focused on sprints), her coaches have done her a massive disservice. She needs strength work to compete in that last 100m, not sprint speed!

LFG Werro it’s just not a Keely party. Almost thought she was going to get the WR.

She set a PB

???

She's the best of all time. We just saw the womens WR today.

3rd Girl under 1:54 Supershoes have put the unbreakable 1:53.28 from 42 years ago for 800 back in Reach

Lane 1 in a 12-person field is tough. She sprinted out well but Getachew got by her with the benefit of a better lane draws and the top 2 were able to get their spots. Now that her ranking and PB are better I bet she’ll get outer lanes.

i'd like to think they have a plan for when they want her to peak, and just what it takes to get there.

It’s not even true.

She has literally had multiple 800 pace workouts posted online and just ran an 800m PB/NR today.

She was simply beaten by the faster runner.

The future is bright!

Was surprised how relaxed she looked and Keely was red and gasping for air. Insane!

Just two comments unrelated sorry.

Wanted to say that 800 are so packed right now, and in Europe even more, that Bol moving there is really a show of bravery.

And also saying that stockholm's track on a windy day is not as good as Monaco's weather, I guess the wr is really going down this year.

she had an amazing last 100 coming from way back to get 3rd. Obviously not where those other two were but damn impressive racing.

This announcer is weird. He has said some weird things and gotten some things flat wrong. It’s like if a star loses there must be some extenuating circumstance. Mondo got beaten. It happens. Not very often to him, but he is human and it is not a bad thing that we are reminded of that. Keely ran well and got beaten. Not necessarily because of 400 training. She posts a lot of training videos on IG and she has been training HARD. That Werro beat her at her own game says she has been training hard too. She deserved full credit and not chalking it up to Keely being less than 100% I think Keely had a good race and Werro was just faster.

2022 Cali:

1. Roisin Willis United States 1:59.13 CR

2. Audrey Werro Switzerland 1:59.53 NU20R

3. Juliette Whittaker United States 2:00.18

2026 Stockholm

1. Audrey Werro Switzerland 1:53.98 DLR

2. Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain 1:54.33

3. Roisin Willis United States 1:57.56

A lot can change in 4 years!

In a way this race was perfectly paced for Werro, Hodgkinson took over right as the pacer let off, so it was basically a 720m pace.