India, May 29 -- Keely Hodgkinson has spent two years saying the oldest record in track and field is hers to take. With the Diamond League heading back to the London Stadium on 18 July, the Olympic 800m champion is no longer ruling out the idea that she could take it in front of a home crowd.

Speaking with 50 days to go until the meeting, Hodgkinson would not promise an assault on Jarmila Kratochvilova's outdoor world record of 1:53.28, a mark that has stood since July 1983 and remains the longest running individual world record in the sport. She made clear, though, that she wants the moment to come in Britain if it comes at all. "Obviously I would love that to happen on home soil," she said.

She arrives at this point of the season alr...