Keely Hodgkinson has secured Great Britain’s first athletics gold medal at the Paris Olympics by winning the women’s 800m. At 22 years old, Hodgkinson finished the race in 1:56.72, ahead of Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma (1:57.15) and Kenya’s Mary Moraa (1:57.42). She led the race with calm and control, maintaining her lead through the final stretch.
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A historic moment
After finishing second in Tokyo, Keely Hodgkinson achieved her Olympic dream. She celebrated by grabbing a Union Jack flag and greeting fans during her victory lap. “I’m super happy, i’m now the Olympic champion for the next four years,” she said. Her success comes 20 years after Kelly Holmes’ victory in Athens and marks the first Olympic athletics gold for a British woman since Jessica Ennis-Hill’s triumph in the heptathlon at London 2012. Keely Hodgkinson, from Atherton near Wigan, has written a new chapter in British sports history.
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