Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson dominates the Olympic 800m final to win gold in Paris and end her wait for a global title.
Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson dominated the Olympic 800m final to win gold in Paris and end her wait for a global title.
Crossing the line in one minute 56.72 seconds, Hodgkinson could not hide her emotion as the magnitude of her achievement struck - having matched Kelly Holmes' 800m gold in Athens 20 years ago. This was Great Britain's first Olympic track title since Mo Farah won the 5,000m and 10,000m double at Rio 2016.It had felt a case of when, not if, Hodgkinson would take her place at the pinnacle of the sport ever since she celebrated Olympic silver aged just 19 on her debut at a global championship in Tokyo.
A fall at the US trials had cost the reigning Olympic champion the chance to defend her crown and it was world champion Moraa who looked to provide the main obstacle to gold in Paris.Hodgkinson took charge of the race after 300m, led at the bell, and from there she refused to be moved - even when Moraa attempted to pull alongside her.
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