The 19-year-old was shocked at her achievement, saying: “I’m speechless right now, Kelly is a legend”Great Britain celebrated double Olympic gold in sailing this morning, while Keely Hodgkinson broke Dame Kelly Holmes’s national record to clinch silver in the 800m, making the 11th day of the Games one of the nation’s most successful so far. The 19-year-old was shocked at her achievement, saying “this is mental” and pointed to herself crying when asked what winning an Olympic medal meant to her. SponsoredHer fellow Team GB runner Jemma Reekie faded in the final metres but finished fourth and set a new personal best of 1:56.90, while Alexandra Bell finished seventh with a personal best of 1:57.66. Hodgkinson said the result would “take a couple of days to sink in” HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERSHodgkinson, who is a student at Leeds Beckett University, said: “It was such a good race, it was so open, I just wanted to put

Source: The Times August 03, 2021 06:09 UTC