Keely Hodgkinson

Imagine running faster than almost anyone else in the world! That's Keely Hodgkinson. She's a runner from England who is amazing at the 800-meter race. That's like running around two laps of a standard athletics track. She's won shiny gold medals at the Olympics and other big races, making her a star athlete!

Keely was born in 2002, so she's still quite young but already a champion! When she was just 19, she won a silver medal at the Olympics. That's like getting an A+ on a really hard test when you're still in school! She also broke a record that had been set a long, long time ago by another famous runner.

Keely has won lots of medals! She's been the champion of Europe twice and has won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships. She even won the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics, which is the biggest prize for any athlete! She's so fast, she's one of the fastest women ever over 800 meters.

What makes Keely so good? She trains really hard and has incredible speed and endurance. She knows how to pace herself and then sprint at the very end of the race. She's also won awards like BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which is a huge honor for athletes.