'The record will fall' - Werro takes aim at 43-year-old 800m mark
European 800m champion Audrey Werro backs herself to overhaul one of athletics' oldest and most controversial world records.
Audrey Werro, a 22-year-old European 800m champion, aims to break the 43-year-old world record set by Jarmila Kratochvilova. Kratochvilova's time of 1:53.28, set in 1983, has remained unbeaten since. Werro, who clocked 1:53.80 in Paris earlier this year, is within half a second of Kratochvilova's record. The Swiss athlete has consistently improved her personal best over the past eight seasons and registered three of the 10 fastest times in history this year.
Werro attributes her success to focusing on her training and competition during her university break. In her Diamond League meet in Zurich, Werro will face off against Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands, who has adapted quickly to the two-lap distance. Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, the Olympic champion, will not be present in Zurich.
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