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Keely Hodgkinson is ready to spearhead a late British charge up the medal table after breezing into the semi-finals of the women’s 800m.

The British squad have had a slow week in Tokyo, with just one silver medal so far coming courtesy of Jake Wightman in the men’s 1500m.

Injury knocked out three of the best British bets in pole vaulter Molly Caudery, sprinter Matthew Hudson-Smith and 1500m defending champ Josh Kerr.

It leaves them languishing joint-21st in the medal table – below the likes of Bahrain, Tanzania and Cuba.

However, this weekend is stacked with medal prospects, including four relay races, 800m men’s hopeful Max Burgin and high jumper Morgan Lake.

But former Loughborough College student Hodgkinson is supposedly the banker and she eased concerns about her own i

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