Keely Hodgkinson, one of Team GB's hot favourites for gold, has become Olympic champion in the women's 800m final.
Keely Hodgkinson, one of Team GB's hot favourites for gold, has become Olympic champion in the women's 800m final. The athlete went into the games with a world-leading time for 2024 - and fulfilled that promise to take Britain's first athletics gold in Paris. Hodgkinson had been focused on the top step of the podium after coming second in Tokyo three years ago and recently setting a new national record.
It followed a silver and bronze for Joe Clarke and Kimberley Woods in the kayak cross earlier in the day, and a bronze in the mixed triathlon relay. However there was heartbreak for pole vaulter Molly Caudery, the world indoor champion, who failed to make the final. US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles also claimed more medals on Monday - but unusually they weren't gold.
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