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Hodgkinson wins 800m gold, first for GB in eight years

Keely Hodgkinson, a prominent contender for Team GB, has become the Olympic champion in the women’s 800m. At 22, she entered the games with this year’s world-leading time and secured Britain’s first athletics Olympic gold in eight years. Hodgkinson finished the race in 1:56.72, followed by Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma at 1:57.15 and Kenya’s Mary Moraa at 1:57.42. She maintained her…