Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

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Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

Keely Hodgkinson ran with the weight of Great Britain’s expectations on her shoulders but still emerged Olympic 800m champion at Stade de France.

The world silver medallist was the heavy favourite not just heading into Monday night’s final but well ahead of these Games, setting a world-leading time of 1:54.61 just over two weeks before what had increasingly started to feel like a dance with destiny.

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