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Keely Hodgkinson upgraded from silver to gold in the women’s 800 meters on Monday.
The 22-year-old, who took second in Tokyo, entered the race as the overwhelming favorite and she broke away from the field over the final 200 meters.
Hodgkinson was at the front of the pack for a majority of the race, but she did not shed her closest gold-medal rivals until the final turn inside the Stade de France.
1. Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain) – 1:56.72
2. Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia) – 1:57.15
3. Mary Moraa (Kenya) – 1:57.42
4. Shafiqua Maloney (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) – 1:57.66
5. Renelle Lamote (France) – 1:58.19
6. Worknesh Mesele (Ethiopia) – 1:58.28
7. Juliette Whittaker (United States) – 1:58.50
8. Prudence Sekgodiso (South Africa) – 1:58.79
Hodgkinson pulled away at the end to win the two-lap race by almost a half second.
The Team GB runner set the pace and did not let go of her spot on the front. She forced others to attempt to push the pace from the outside.
Kenya’s Mary Moraa attempted to make a surge at the gold medal on the final turn, but she lost pace in the final 50 meters as Hodgkinson broke away from the pack.
Hodgkinson’s win was the first for Team GB in the women’s 800 meters since Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Athens Games.
Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma made some history of her own with a second-place finish. She became the first Ethiopian to earn a medal in the 800 meters. Ethiopia typically has multiple contenders in the long distance events.
Duguma set a personal best time of 1:57.15. She got past Moraa as the Kenyan faded in the final 50 meters.
Moraa took home the third bronze medal in four Olympics in the 800 meters for Kenya.
Juliette Whittaker of the United States took seventh place in the final. She was the only American in the field. Tokyo gold medalist Athing Mu did not qualify for the event.
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Publish date : 2024-08-05 13:03:00
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