Who Is Audrey Werro? On Her Breakout 1:56.29 For 800m & Becoming A World Championships Medal Threat

From the CITIUS MAG preview of the Diamond League final:

“Women’s 800m – Georgia Hunter Bell’s Final Test

Georgia Hunter Bell, the Olympic bronze medalist in the 1500m from Paris, has put together a strong enough season over the 800m (1:56.74 SB) and 1500m (3:54.76 SB) that she has the luxury of exploring the possibility of running the 800m, 1500m, or both at the World Championships. Hunter Bell has not publicly hinted at favoring one over the other and has yet to announce a decision. A gold medal in either event looks tough, thanks to the usual record-setting form of Faith Kipyegon in the 1500m and the dominant return of Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m. But Hunter Bell is a prime contender for a medal in both events.

In Zurich, she has a chance to come away with a Diamond League title with Hodgkinson and reigning World champion Mary Moraa (who has not raced an 800m since July) absent. She’ll face a red-hot Audrey Werro, the 21-year-old Swiss star who was second in Lausanne and just broke her own national record in 1:56.29 (No. 2 in the world) at the Swiss National Championships this past weekend.

Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma will be interesting to watch to see what form she’s in, since she has not raced since the Prefontaine Classic and withdrew from the Lausanne showdown.

Hunter Bell won the 800m at the UK Athletics Championships and has the World Championship qualifying standard so she will be selected for that event. She should be selected in the 1500m as well because she is an Olympic medalist and shown form to meet British Athletics’s standards and selection policy. So the decision will ultimately rest in her hands…”

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