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By Matt Hardy Keely Hodgkinson stormed to track and field gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday to win Team GB their first solo athletics medal of the 33rd Olympiad. The 22-year-old, who won a silver medal in Tokyo three years ago, held off her pre-race rival in the final – Mary Moraa of Kenya – to win her first Olympic gold in a time of 1:56.72. She became the first British 800m Olympic champion since Dame Kelly Holmes in 2004. Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma took home the silver, 0.5 seconds behind Brit Hodgkinson, with Moraa completing the podium. Team GB world recordElsewhere it was first bloo…

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