Yahoo Finance Tokyo 2020: Keely Hodgkinson wins silver in women's 800m
19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson won a silver medal in the women's 800m race.
Her time of one minute 55.88 seconds is a new British record over the distance.
When crossing the line and realising her time, Hodgkinson responded, 'that is mental'. Her silver medal is Team GB's first track medal of Tokyo 2020.
Her time of one minute 55.88 seconds is a new British record over the distance, beating Kelly Holme's previous record, set in 1995.
US teenager Athing Mu took Gold in the race, with Mu crossing the line in 1:55.21. Jemma Reekie came very close to winning the Bronze medal but was beaten by American runner Raevyn Rogers, who crossed the line 0.09s ahead of Reekie.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Hodgkinson said, 'I am pretty speechless right now. Kelly Holmes is a legend and I looked up to her. I have been speaking to her for the past couple of days and she is a lovely person.
'I want to thank my amazing team, my family who have made so many sacrifices for me.
'I think it is just one of those things where you know something like that is possible but whether it comes out you just don't know. It was such a good race.
'I wanted to put it all out there and I did that. It is going to take a couple of days to sink in.'
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