Jump to content

Keely Hodgkinson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 82.17.209.55 (talk) at 14:01, 18 September 2023. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Keely Hodgkinson
Personal information
Full nameKeely Nicole Hodgkinson
Born (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)
Atherton, England[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
England
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
ClubLeigh Harriers
Coached by
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
World finals
Highest world ranking1st (800 m, 09.2021–)
Personal bests
Updated on 9 June 2023

Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002)[3][4] is an English professional middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995. She is the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, 2022 European champion and a two-time European indoor champion from 2021 and 2023, with her 2021 title secured as the youngest ever European women's indoor 800 m winner.[5]

Both Hodgkinson's Tokyo result and her junior indoor mark are European U20 records, making her at 800 m the fourth-fastest and the second-fastest under-20 woman of all time respectively.[6][7] In February 2022, she set a British 800 m indoor record (improved in 2023), placing her sixth on the respective world all-time list,[8] and then lowered her national outdoor record in June 2023. She also holds world indoor best in the 600 metres and was the 2021 Diamond League 800 m champion.

At age 16, Hodgkinson became the 800 m European U18 champion and won England's U20 title. A year later, she took bronze at the European U20 Championships. She was the first junior woman in history to break the 2 minute barrier in the indoor event. Hodgkinson is a three-time British national champion.

Early life and background

Keely Hodgkinson was raised in Atherton near Leigh and Wigan in Greater Manchester; she has three younger siblings.[9] Her mother Rachel trained for a time with Leigh Harriers while her father Dean had run in the London Marathon in the past.[10][2]

She attended Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley and Loughborough College.[11][12] In 2020, she became a student of criminology at the Leeds Beckett University, and took a gap year in 2021.[2][13]

Early and youth career

External images
image icon How it started (K.H. on the left) – Leigh Sports Village
image icon and how it's going – 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Hodgkinson joined Leigh Harriers at the age of nine, but initially swam with Howe Bridge Aces before devoting herself fully to running.[14][15]

She first made an impression aged 10, in 2012. Competing among 70 finalists at the British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships in London, she finished second in the 500 metres run with a personal best of 1:34.28 and also swam 50 m with a new best as well for an overall eighth place.[16] Her father advised her to run, and she was inspired by British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill winning the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[17][18]

From that point, age-group medals kept piling up for Keely, culminating in her winning at age 16 European U18 and England U20 titles, and European U20 bronze a year later. In 2013, she already had an unbeaten streak of 14 running events. In winning a one-mile cross country course she became the first Leigh Harriers girl to claim the under-11 title in both the South East Lancashire League and the Red Rose League.[19] About two weeks later, she ran her 16th undefeated race, winning a 2 km course with the lead of 45 seconds.[20] On the track, as a first-year U13, she became double Greater Manchester champion at the 800 and 1200 metres.[3]

In 2014, the then 12-year-old won all her 13 track races (across 800–1500 metres events, with a 4:47 best at the latter) as well as many cross country competitions.[3] She took her third Greater Manchester title on a 2.75 km cross country course and later defended both her track titles, breaking championship records – the latter of which had stood since 1985.[21][22] Her 1200 m best was bettered only in 2019, remaining, as of 2023, the third-fastest on the British U13 girl's all-time list.[3]

In 2015, she had to limit training and starts due to a mastoidectomy surgery to remove a tumour on her ear (which has left her 95% deaf in this ear) followed by problems with knees.[23]

Aged 14, the youngster finished third in the U15 800 m events at the ESAA English Schools' Championships and at the England Championships. Around that period Hodgkinson began to specialise at this distance while still running cross country.[3][24][2] The following year, in 2017, running in the U17 800 m races, she came fourth at the ESAA Championships and took her first gold medal at the England Championships, setting a lifetime best of 2:06.85.[4] She added the 1500 m UK School Games title.[25]

2018–2019

In June 2018, at 16, Hodgkinson became the England U20 800 m champion.[26] The next month, she won a gold medal at the European U18 Championships held in Győr, Hungary, finishing in 2:04.84 and breaking the championship record in the process.[27][2] In August, she added titles at the England under-17s and at the UK School Games with a competition record.[4][28] In October, Wigan Borough Council named Hodgkinson Sports Achiever of the Year, selecting her for its Believe Talent Fund.[29][30] Her season's and lifetime best was 2:04.26.[4]

Her 2019 athletics year was affected by shin problems for most of the winter. Despite this, competing against athletes up to two years her senior, she placed second at the England under-20s and took bronze at the U20 Europeans held in Borås, Sweden, setting a new personal best of 2:03.40.[31][32]

Junior career

2020

On 1 February, still only 17, Hodgkinson set the second-fastest female U20 performance ever in the indoor 800 m at the Vienna Indoor Classic in Austria. Clocking a European U20 record of 2:01.16 for a win in her international debut at senior level, just 0.13 s off the world U20 standard, she broke Kirsty Wade's long-standing 1981 British U20 record of 2:02.88, and Aníta Hinriksdóttir's European best for the age group set in 2015 by 0.4 seconds.[33][34] The same month, she went on to take her first national senior title at the British Indoor Championships. Outdoors in August, she won two BMC gold standard races in Trafford with a new best in the first of them, and then improved it to 2:01.78 to finish second at a meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden. In what was her international outdoor debut at senior level, Hodgkinson lost only to the 2019 world silver medallist Raevyn Rogers.[4][35] In September, the 18-year-old claimed also the British outdoor title to become the youngest winner over 800 m since 1974.[36][37] She clocked even better lifetime best with 2:01.73, when ending her season in Rovereto (5th), Italy three days later.[38]

2021: Tokyo Olympic silver medallist

That breakthrough year began with the first British women's world U20 record for 36 years.[39] Hodgkinson returned and won in Vienna for the second consecutive year in 1:59.03 – her first result under 2 minutes, making her the first junior woman in history to break this mark in the indoor 800 m. She obliterated by exactly two seconds previous best set by Ethiopia's Meskerem Legesse in 2004.[40] Her record stood for less than a month, however, before being improved by her chief rival and age-mate, USA's Athing Mu, who ran a time of 1:58.40.[41]

On Hodgkinson's senior major championship debut, four days after her 19th birthday, she became the youngest British winner at the European Athletics Indoor Championships for more than half a century and the youngest ever women's 800 m European indoor champion after a tactical win over a quality field in Toruń, Poland. Only Marilyn Neufville has been a younger UK gold medallist when winning the 400 metres in 1970 at age 17, while Hodgkinson was younger than fellow Briton Jane Colebrook, who became the then-youngest European 800 m champion in 1977.[5][42]

In May, Keely secured her first major international outdoor victory at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, posting for the first ever time sub-2 minute mark outdoors with 1:58.89 as she broke by almost a second long-standing UK junior record of Charlotte Moore. While not the fastest European U20 women's result, officially it was also the European junior record, beating Birte Bruhns' standard of 1:59.17 set in 1988.[43][44] At the end of June, she sealed a place on the plane to the Tokyo Olympics, defending her British title at the Nationals which doubled up as Olympic trials. Running a massive negative split (62-57 s), Hodgkinson outsprinted experienced Scottish duo Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir on the final straight.[45][46][47] A week later, she lowered her PB to 1:57.51 when finishing fourth at the Stockholm Diamond League meet, setting a British U23 record.[48]

"If the Olympics had been last year I wouldn't have been here, but suddenly it's given me a year to grow and compete with these girls."

– Hodgkinson on her silver medal at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.[49]
External images
2020 Tokyo Olympics
image icon Shocked Hodgkinson after final race with Athing Mu (left, 1st) and Alexandra Bell (right, 7th)

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games[50] in August, ambitious[45][18] teenager was not a medal prospect as her recent season's best ranked her eighth on the 2021 top list and fifth among women entered.[51][52][53] She placed second in her heat and then won her semi-final with the fourth-fastest time of the semis. The final was fast: for the first time at the Olympics seven women broke 1:58, with six of those seven setting lifetime bests.[54] The 19-year-old blitzed to the silver medal, taking almost two seconds off her fresh personal best and almost six seconds off her pre-2021 best with a time of one minute 55.88 seconds, behind Athing Mu (1:55.21). She broke Kelly Holmes' 26-year-old British record of 1:56.21 and the 1978 European U20 best (1:57.45).[55][56][49] For the first time in history three women from Britain competed in the Olympic final, with Jemma Reekie narrowly missing out on bronze and Alexandra Bell placing seventh.[57]

Hodgkinson won her first Diamond Trophy (800 m) in 2021. Pictured (L) at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels.

On her return to the Diamond circuit, the Briton came fifth in USA's Eugene, then second in Brussels, and ended the season with a 1:57.98 victory in the Zürich final in September, winning her first Diamond League race and first 800 m Diamond Trophy.[4][58][59]

Until October she was not funded by UK Athletics as the organisation, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, did not add anyone onto its World Class Performance Programme in 2020.[60] She was backed by businessman Barrie Wells, who had previously helped fund 20 athletes to the 2012 London Summer Games; he matched her £15,000 a year Lottery funding, allowing for warm-weather training in Florida. Hodgkinson is one of Wells Trust's athlete ambassadors.[61][62]

Senior career

2022: World silver medallist

In February 2022, Keely Hodgkinson recorded the fastest indoor 800 m time by a woman in 20 years.

That year was very packed and demanding for still very young athlete, including World Indoor Championships in March and three major outdoor championships in just a one-month span in the summer.[63]

On the heels of a successful 2021 season, Hodgkinson opened her athletics year on 19 February with the fastest indoor 800 m performance by a woman in 20 years of 1:57.20 at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. It was the quickest mark since the precise day she was born, when the world record was set. She established the British record, all-comers' record (best performance on country's soil), the fastest ever mark by a teenager, and the sixth-fastest indoor mark all time.[64][65] Heading to the World Indoors Belgrade 2022 in March Hodgkinson was a red-hot favourite. However, she had to withdraw from the competition after warm-up in Belgrade due to a quad injury.[66]

Only 0.08 s separated the winner (C) and the runner-up (R) at Oregon 2022.

The 20-year-old kickstarted her summer season on 21 May on the Diamond circuit, with a victory in her specialist event in Birmingham.[67] She then continued competition in the Diamond Race, winning in Eugene behind the pond, Oslo, and coming home second behind Kenya's Mary Moraa in Stockholm.[4]

It was a very tense battle for the line against Mu this time in the final 100 m at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July. After one of the most thrilling finishes of the Worlds, Hodgkinson came only 0.08 s behind her to claim the silver medal with a season's best of 1:56.38, comfortably ahead of Moraa.[68][69] Less than two weeks later at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she was unexpectedly defeated by fast-finishing Moraa earning also a silver, 1:57.40 to 1:57.07.[70][71] The same August, she lived up to her status as a pre-race favourite and secured her first major senior outdoor championship title, winning convincingly her two-laps event at the European Championships Munich 2022.[72][73]

Concluding this busy athletics year she struggled to maintain her form, and had to settle for fifth at the Zürich Diamond League final in September; the race was won by Moraa.[74] However, Hodgkinson's Birmingham indoor mark made her the world leader for the season with a nearly 1.3-second advantage, while her timing from the World Championship final ranked second outdoors that year.[75][76]

2023–present

Hodgkinson won her third European title, dominating at Istanbul 2023 to extend her streak of sub-two-minute races to 19.[77]

"This one is definitely for him. He had a lot of belief in little 10-year-old me [...]. I hope to make him really proud and I know he will be up there watching [...]."

– Hodgkinson dedicated her third European title to her first coach in athletics, who died before the event.[78][79]

On 28 January 2023 Hodgkinson set a world indoor best of 1:23.41, beating Olga Kotlyarova's 2004 record by 0.03 s.[80][81] She then won the World Indoor Tour Final in Birmingham, improving her own British indoor record by 0.02 s with a time of 1:57.18 and taking her first overall 800 m World Indoor Tour victory.[82] At Istanbul 2023 she defended her 800m tile which she dedicated to her first coach in athletics, Joe Galvin, who had died a few days earlier.[83][79]

Hodgkinson began her outdoor season on 9 June at the Paris Diamond League, lowering her British 800 m record by 0.11 s to 1:55.77, the World Leading Time of the season.[84][85]

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hodkinson finished in 2nd place behind Mary Moraa of Kenya.

Achievements

Information taken from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[4] Last updated on 17 June 2023.

Personal bests

Event Time Venue Date Notes
400 metres 52.24 Chelmsford, United Kingdom 17 June 2023
400 metres indoor 52.42 i Birmingham, United Kingdom 27 February 2022
600 metres indoor 1:23.41 i Manchester, United Kingdom 28 January 2023 World best
800 metres 1:55.77 Paris, France 9 June 2023 AU23R British record
800 metres indoor 1:57.18 i Birmingham, United Kingdom 25 February 2023 AU23R British record, 6th of all time, fastest since 2002[86]
1500 metres 4:30.00 Loughborough, United Kingdom 1 September 2017 (age 15)
Junior achievements
800 metres 1:55.88 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021 AU20R former AU23R & British record, 4th U20 of all time[87]
800 metres indoor 1:59.03 i Vienna, Austria 30 January 2021 AU20R,[note 1] 2nd U20 of all time[88]

International competitions

Keely Hodgkinson interviewed at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 1st 800 m 2:04.84 CR
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 3rd 800 m 2:03.40 PB
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 1st 800 m i 2:03.88
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 800 m 1:55.88 AU20R NR
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 2nd 800 m 1:56.38 SB
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd 800 m 1:57.40
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 800 m 1:59.04
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st 800 m i 1:58.66
European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 3rd 400 m 51.76 PB
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 800 m 1:56.34

Circuit wins and titles

800 metres wins, other events specified in parenthesis.

National championships and competitions

Track results only. Hodgkinson competed also at the ECCA English Championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) with best place being fifth on a 5 km course in 2018, and at the cross country ESAA Championships (2016, 2017, 2018) with best place being second on a 3.8 km course in 2018.[3]

Key:   National championships;   Other National level events

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2016 ESAA English Schools' Championships Gateshead 3rd 800 m 2:13.08
England Championships, U15 events Bedford 3rd 800 m 2:12.53
2017 ESAA English Schools' Championships Birmingham 4th 800 m 2:08.82
England Championships, U17 events Bedford 1st 800 m 2:06.85
UK School Games Loughborough 1st 1500 m 4:30.00
2018 England Championships, U20 events Bedford 1st 800 m 2:04.41
England Championships, U17 events Bedford 1st 800 m 2:09.38
UK School Games Loughborough 1st 800 m 2:04.89 CR
2019 England Championships, U20 events Bedford 2nd 800 m 2:05.77
2020 British Indoor Championships Glasgow 1st 800 m i 2:04.37
British Championships Manchester 1st 800 m 2:03.24
2021 British Championships Manchester 1st 800 m 1:59.61
2022 British Indoor Championships Birmingham 2nd 400 m i 52.42 PB
British Championships Manchester 5th 400 m 52.41 PB
2023 England Championships, U23 events Chelmsford 1st 400 m 52.24 PB CR

Progression

Key:   Lifetime best

Year 800 m Notes World rank 800 m
indoor
Notes World rank
2017 2:06.85 (age 15) 211 / 632
2018 2:04.26 71 / 212
2019 2:03.40 31 / 92
2020 2:01.73 12 / 49 2:01.16 i AU20R 12 / 13
2021 1:55.88 AU20R AU23R NR 22 / 2 1:59.03 i WU20R 22 / 4
2022 1:56.38 2 1:57.20 i AU23R NR 1
2023 1:55:77 AU23R NR 1:57.18 i AU23R NR 1

1U18 ranking, 2U20 ranking

  • World rank from World Athletics' Season Top Lists

Honours and awards

2018
  • British Athletics Supporters Club: Young Female Athlete of the Year[90]
2021
2023

Notes

  1. ^ World under-20 record until 27 February 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Keely Hodgkinson – Athletics". Team England / teamengland.org. Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Henderson, Jason (9 October 2020). "Multiple targets for Keely Hodgkinson in 2021". AW. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Keely Hodgkinson – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Keely HODGKINSON – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b Crumley, Euan (7 March 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson lands historic gold". AW. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ Crumley, Euan (3 August 2021). "Records fall as Mu and Hodgkinson star in extraordinary Olympic 800m". AW. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ Bull, Andy (3 August 2021). "Athing Mu races to gold in women's 800m as Keely Hodgkinson takes silver". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ Medlicott, Phil (19 February 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson breaks British indoor 800m record on return to track". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Olympic benefactor hails Keely Hodgkinson's 'incredible' silver medal". Express & Star. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Keely Hodgkinson wins Silver and sets new British record in 800m final in Tokyo". ITV News. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  11. ^ Gill, Emma (2 October 2021). "The 'unique' Greater Manchester high school that's fast becoming a fame factory". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Hodgkinson takes stunning silver in Tokyo". Loughborough University. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  13. ^ Sutton, Nicola (22 December 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson: Life in the fast lane a breeze for young star". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. ^ Galvin, Margaret (5 August 2021). "Congratulations to Keely Hodgkinson silver medalist in Tokyo". leighharriers.org. Leigh Harriers & AC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  15. ^ Bloom, Ben (25 July 2022). "How Keely Hodgkinson went from talented swimmer to world 800m star". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Keely competes the British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Athlete profile – HODGKINSON Keely". Olympics.com. IOC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b Ingle, Sean (21 July 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson: 'Is it ridiculous for me to win a medal? I don't think so'". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Howarth on fire". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Harriers shine". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  21. ^ "A third title for Keely". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Leigh Harriers win medals galore at the Greater Manchester Championships". Leigh Sports Village. Leigh Harriers. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  23. ^ Craig-Jackson, Connor (6 March 2019). "Ones to watch: A dream year for European Youth champion Keely Hodgkinson". VincoSport.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  24. ^ Galvin, Margaret (8 February 2016). "Greater Manchester Schools XC Champs 2016". leighharriers.org. Leigh Harriers & AC. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  25. ^ Critchley, Mike (4 September 2017). "Atherton's Keely Hodgkinson wins gold at 2017 national school games". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  26. ^ "2018 England Championships | U23 / U20 T&F and Walks" (PDF). England Athletics. 30 May 2019. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  27. ^ "A golden night for Great Britain with four titles in Gyor". European Athletics. 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  28. ^ "Three records fall at School Games". AW. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  29. ^ Maxwell, Kelsey (18 October 2018). "Talented youths and volunteers shine at Believe Sports Awards". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  30. ^ "Backing pledged for 10 athletes". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  31. ^ "England Athletics Under 23 & Under 20 Championships | June 2019" (PDF). England Athletics. 24 June 2019. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  32. ^ Galvin, Margaret (25 June 2019). "Keely off to Boras in European U20 Championships". leighharriers.org. Leigh Harriers & AC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  33. ^ "All time Top lists – 800 m Women – U20 Europe Indoors | until 2020-02-01". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  34. ^ Whittington, Jessica (19 February 2020). "Keely Hodgkinson hopes to build on 'Super Saturday'". AW. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  35. ^ "Folksam Grand Prix, Göteborg GP 29 Augusti 2020". elittiming.se. 29 August 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  36. ^ "2020 Müller British Athletics Championships – Women 's 800 Metres" (PDF). UK Athletics. 5 September 2020. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  37. ^ "Futures athletes star at MÜller British Athletics Championships". UK Athletics. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  38. ^ "56th Palio Citta' della Quercia, 8 Sep 2020" (PDF). Palio Città della Quercia. 8 September 2020. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  39. ^ Bloom, Ben (9 February 2021). "'She could be faster than Kelly Holmes' — Meet Keely Hodgkinson, Britain's next great 800m hope". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  40. ^ Henderson, Jason (30 January 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson smashes world under-20 indoor 800m record". AW. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  41. ^ Mayforth, Tyler (27 February 2021). "Collegiate record: Texas A&M's Mu Makes 800-Meter History". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  42. ^ Ingle, Sean (7 March 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson claims historic indoor gold as Britain match record haul". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  43. ^ "Vetter extends world javelin lead to 94.20m in Ostrava". European Athletics. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  44. ^ Henderson, Jason (19 May 2021). "Stunning wins for Keely Hodgkinson and Max Burgin in Ostrava". AW. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  45. ^ a b "Keely Hodgkinson: 'I'm going to go for it and hopefully I'll walk away with some metalwork'". Olympics.com. IOC. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  46. ^ "2021 British Championships, women's 800m". Twitter. European Athletics. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  47. ^ Ingle, Sean (27 June 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson books place at Olympics with searing 800m triumph". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  48. ^ "Femke Bol goes No.4 all-time at 400m hurdles in Stockholm". AW. 4 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  49. ^ a b Bloom, Ben; Gibbs, Thom; Cosgrove, David (3 August 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson, 19, smashes Kelly Holmes' British record to win stunning 800m silver". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  50. ^ Dennehy, Cathal (12 August 2021). "On track for fast times: the evolution of Mondo's WS-TY4 surface". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  51. ^ Gault, Jonathan (28 July 2021). "2020 Olympic Women's 800 Preview: USA Leads the Way as Teenager Athing Mu Goes For Gold". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  52. ^ Smythe, Steve (29 July 2021). "AW's Tokyo Olympics predictions". AW. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  53. ^ Wilson, Steve (24 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics preview: 800m". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  54. ^ "Teenager Athing Mu is Golden With 1:55:21 800m American Record". LetsRun.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  55. ^ "All time Top lists – 800 m Women – U20 Europe | until 2021-07-04". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  56. ^ Critchley, Mike (3 August 2021). "PICTURES: The moment Keely Hodgkinson won Olympic silver medal". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  57. ^ "Leeds Beckett University student Keely Hodgkinson wins silver in women's 800m". Leeds Beckett University. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  58. ^ Smythe, Steve (9 September 2021). "Fast times for Mboma and Thompson-Herah at Diamond League final". AW. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  59. ^ Bloom, Ben (9 September 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson impresses once again as Dina Asher-Smith hints at what might have been". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  60. ^ Henderson, Jason (18 October 2021). "Winners and losers in the latest British Athletics funding decisions". AW. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  61. ^ Bloom, Ben (29 July 2021). "Keely Hodgkinson's chance to be James Bond for a day with prize for reaching Tokyo Olympics 800m final". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  62. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Liverpool millionaire aiding GB's medal haul". BBC News. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  63. ^ Ingle, Sean (17 March 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson sets target of four major championship medals in 2022". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  64. ^ Whittington, Jess; Mulkeen, Jon (19 February 2022). "Hodgkinson and Duplantis smash stadium records in Birmingham". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  65. ^ Crumley, Euan (19 February 2022). "Hodgkinson and Duplantis outstanding in Birmingham". AW. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  66. ^ Hilsum, James (19 March 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson out of World Indoor Championships with quad injury in major blow to British medal hopes". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  67. ^ Henson, Mike (21 May 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson set for Athing Mu duel after ruthless display in Birmingham 800m". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  68. ^ "GB's Hodgkinson takes silver in 800m duel with Mu". BBC Sport. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  69. ^ Ingle, Sean (25 July 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson takes silver in narrowest of world 800m defeats to Mu". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  70. ^ Henderson, Jason (6 August 2022). "Moraa wins 800m gold with fartlek-style tactics". AW. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  71. ^ Mashiter, Nick (6 August 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson determined to take final step after settling for silver again". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  72. ^ Ingle, Sean (20 August 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson takes gold with classy run in European 800m". The Observer. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  73. ^ Bloom, Ben (20 August 2022). "Keely Hodgkinson seals European 800m gold to cement claim as Britain's star in waiting". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  74. ^ Smythe, Steve (9 September 2022). "Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins Diamond League 100m final in record 10.65". AW. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  75. ^ "Season Top lists – 800 m Women – World Indoors | 2021/22". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  76. ^ "Season Top lists – 800 m Women – World Outdoors | 2022". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  77. ^ Snider-McGrath, Ben (6 March 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson runs 19 consecutive sub-two-minute 800m". Canadian Running Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  78. ^ Cunningham, Conal (7 March 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson leads tributes to Leigh Harriers legend Joe Galvin". leighjournal.co.uk. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  79. ^ a b Poole, Harry (5 March 2023). "GB's Hodgkinson and Sawyers win European gold". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  80. ^ Henderson, Jason (28 January 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson storms to world 600m record". AW. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  81. ^ "GB's Hodgkinson breaks 600m world indoor record". BBC Sport. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  82. ^ Nelson, Craig (25 February 2023). "Hodgkinson, Asher-Smith & Gourley set British records". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  83. ^ Adams, Tim (5 March 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson: "He had so much belief in me"". AW. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  84. ^ Henderson, Jason (9 June 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson in record-breaking form in Paris". AW. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  85. ^ Casey, Phil (9 June 2023). "Keely Hodgkinson sets new British record at Paris Diamond League". The Independent. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  86. ^ "All time Top lists – 800 m Women – World Indoors | until 2023-02-25". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  87. ^ "All time Top lists – 800 m Women – U20 World | until 2022-01-01". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  88. ^ "All time Top lists – 800 m Women – U20 Europe Indoors | until 2022-01-01". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  89. ^ "Wanda Diamond League Final | Letzigrund - Zürich (SUI) | 8th-9th September 2021" (PDF). Diamond League. 9 September 2021. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  90. ^ a b "BASC Awards". basclub.org.uk. British Athletics Supporters Club. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  91. ^ "BAWA awards go to Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr". AW. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  92. ^ "2021 – British Junior Athlete of the Year". Twitter. AW. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  93. ^ "2021 – British Athlete of the Year". Twitter. AW. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  94. ^ "IN PICTURES: Olympic athlete Keely Hodgkinson in Walk of Fame". WiganToday.net.

Videos