Keely Hodgkinson named BBC Sports Personality of the Year as coaches eye 800m world record

Olympic 800m champion Hodgkinson was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday night. 

Keely Hodgkinson after receiving the award for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024. PIcture: David Davies/PA Wire.

Keely Hodgkinson's coaching team say they cannot rule out the newly-crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year breaking athletics' longest-standing world record as soon as next year.

The 22-year-old collected a surprise 800 metres silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, then claimed gold in Paris this summer with the weight of the world's expectations on her shoulders.