- Teenager wins 800m gold in 2min 03.88sec
- Team GB match record medal tally of 12 from Glasgow
Only four days after her 19th birthday, Keely Hodgkinson produced a performance of supreme poise and power to become the youngest British winner of a European Indoor title for more than 50 years.
The combination of a mulish kick and a computing brain worthy of Mensa has long been the recipe for British middle-distance success and Hodgkinson followed it to the letter to take 800m gold. Only Marilyn Neufville, who was 17 when she won a 400m title in 1970, has been a younger UK winner at these championships.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/07/keely-hodgkinson-claims-historic-indoor-gold-as-britain-match-record-haul under the title “Keely Hodgkinson claims historic indoor gold as Britain match record haul”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
