The Team GB star, 22, prioritised staying out of trouble last night but she still appeared to be on a higher plane when clocking 1:56.86.
And she clearly found another gear down the home straight to fire a warning shot at her main rival for gold, Kenya's Mary Moraa.
"T've to go out and do what I know I can do, added Hodgkinson. "If I can commit to that, I think I'll get what I want."
Britain's other big track hope Josh Kerr is promising one of the "most vicious 1500m ever run" tomorrow.
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