Keely Hodgkinson has set her sights on breaking the long-standing women's 800m record following Olympic gold.
Keely Hodgkinson has set her sights on breaking the long-standing women's 800m record following her gold medal at the Olympics. The 22-year-old took gold in Paris on Monday evening in a time of 1min 56.72sec after silver medals at the Games in Tokyo three years ago, and the World finals in 2022 and 2023. The world record for the women's 800m of 1:53.
It was Ennis-Hill who proved a childhood inspiration for Hodgkinson as well, and she was delighted to bring it full circle with her 800m triumph. 'It does mean everything to me,' Hodgkinson said. 'I have so many people behind me; it is an individual sport, but there is such a team behind it. 'I owe a lot of people, and this is our moment to celebrate. I'm just super-happy it came together.
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