The BBC’s coverage of Keely Hodgkinson’s 800m gold at the Paris Olympics didn’t go entirely to plan. The 22-year-old ended her wait for a global title with an emphatic victory in the women’s 800m final on Monday in Paris. A silver medal in Tokyo was followed by the same prize at back-to-back World Championships in Eugene and Budapest. But she was the strong favourite to win gold in Paris and the four-time British championduly delivered. Hodgkinson’s run in the 800m final was the main athletics event of the evening featuring a Brit with the BBC going big on the coverage. Just minutes before the…
