If you follow track and field, it’s impossible to take your eyes off Keely Hodgkinson. The 23-year-old British 800m star has dazzled the world, clinching Olympic gold in Paris with a breathtaking 1:56.72. Rising to prominence with a silver at Tokyo 2020 at just 19, breaking Kelly Holmes’ British record, Hodgkinson has since been unstoppable, earning BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 and medaling at every major championship. With silvers at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and golds at the 2022 and 2024 European Championships, she has seemingly conquered it all, yet, shockingly, she has never run a full 800m in training.

Yes, you read that right, Keely Hodgkinson is arguably the best 800m runner in the world right now, yet she has never actually run 800m in training. In a conver

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