Hodgkinson stuns in Catwoman-style bodysuit to win Athlos 800m

Keely Hodgkinson produced a commanding victory over 800m at the inaugural London staging of Athlos, the all-female athletics series, on Thursday night.

The British runner took to the track in a hooded black bodysuit, an outfit that left her looking like a cross between a ninja assassin and Catwoman, and duly saw off the rest of the field.

The meeting was held at StoneX Stadium in Mill Hill, the venue chosen for the series' first outing in the capital.

Organisers had promoted Athlos as a radically different take on track and field before a single race had been run, and the presentation of the evening bore that out well before Hodgkinson's race, according to Guardian Sport.

DJ Trauma was given a prominent slot in front of the main stage for the night, with a bassline described by Guardian Sport as powerful enough to make eardrums bleed.

The combination of music and competition gave Mill Hill the feel of a rave rather than a conventional athletics fixture, the report noted.

Hodgkinson's win in the 800m stood as the sporting centrepiece of an occasion built as much around spectacle as competition, as the new series looks to carve out its own identity in women's athletics.

The London date forms part of Athlos' wider effort to present the sport in a different format, with the StoneX Stadium crowd offered a night that leaned heavily on presentation alongside the racing itself.