Paris Olympics 2024: Keely Hodgkinson reflects on her 800m gold medal win

Team GB athlete Keely Hodgkinson tells Sky's Rob Harris she is "super happy" after her 800m gold medal win in Paris

The 22-year-old took Britain's first athletics Olympic gold for eight years.

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[rafasimancasblas]

Maturity, responsibility and beauty in the same person...!!! 👑 800 🎉

[ltyang]

not only she is a great runner, but also she is a great person. She always greet other competitors at the end of the run. such a nice gesture.

[JulesJ.D]

Congratulations, Keely, ❤ make great Britain proud 🇬🇧 xxxx

[wmonroe]

Heavens! What a darling of a human being!

[DavidRodriguez-wpzi]

GB has some of the best athletes on the planet. Forefront in Europe for sure. And I'm spaniard but me myself I admit it (not other spaniards probably)

[lnrdo]

Keely's fantastic! She ran with so much confidence last night. When it came to that final turn into the homestretch, up against her big rivals, she powered ahead and earned that gold 🥇

[unknown-lfzx]

So glad she won! 🥇 Go Keely! She’s adorable too!

[todesque]

A few million teenage boys around the world are now madly in love.

[alessandrodelmonte]

Yes Keely is a crazy talent, and a fantastic girl.😊

[kqbwuhx]

O'boy she is the English Femke Bol 🎉 never giv up and strong in the end ❤

[eirenuaireland]

Keely Hodgkinson is a marvellous athlete.

[peterseeley]

Good for her. The 800 meters is a very difficult event. Congratulations

[JMundy]

Mark my words, she is going to be world champion! And our best female athlete of all time

[klbhlqr]

This young lady is credit
To the Uk🇬🇧🎉

[andynichol]

What a great person, deffo still slightly drunk here though what a hero. Well deserved.

[GregDowns]

The way she talks fascinates me. She seems to skip over lots of syllables and run the remainder all together. Never heard anything quite like it. Any sociolinguists passing by who can give a proper description?

EDIT: just discovered that she had a hearing problem when young and remains partially deaf in one ear to this day. That accounts for it I think.

[gssthh]

Why are comments turned off for news on the UK?

[musik]

Southport Train Station, with The Atkinson behind it on one side and the Marine Way Bridge on the other side.
Lots of capacity here to run a direct train again to Preston and to Ormskirk…
It would make a huge dfference investing in sustainable travel and attracting millions more visitors into Southport
#StandUpForSouthport #Southport #train #rail #railway

[LovedByYou]

Brits are so funny, she just won a gold and is acting so chill about it

[PawsThought]

Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say🎵🎸