<description>&lt;p&gt;Olympic gold medallist, &lt;strong&gt;Keely Hodgkinson&lt;/strong&gt;, speaks to Gabby and Mark for an exclusive interview ahead of the Sports Personality of the Year Awards. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keely raced to gold in the 800m this summer in Paris, in the most watched event on the BBC. That was Team GB's first track gold since Jess Ennis-Hill at London 2012 - the very moment that inspired Keely to start running. Even as a teenager Keely won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking Kelly Holmes' British record. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So can she break the world record that's stood for 41 years? Will she be joining Michael Johnson's new Grand Slam Track event? What does she think can be done to improve athletics in the UK? And how does she balance her love of seeing friends and fashion with her gruelling training regime? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Sophie Penney&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video Producers: Sam Trudgill&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now &lt;a href="https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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SPOTY SPECIAL: Keely Hodgkinson on Olympic gold, chasing world records & being normal

DEC 17, 202434 MIN
The Sports Agents

SPOTY SPECIAL: Keely Hodgkinson on Olympic gold, chasing world records & being normal

DEC 17, 202434 MIN

Description

Olympic gold medallist, Keely Hodgkinson, speaks to Gabby and Mark for an exclusive interview ahead of the Sports Personality of the Year Awards.

Keely raced to gold in the 800m this summer in Paris, in the most watched event on the BBC. That was Team GB's first track gold since Jess Ennis-Hill at London 2012 - the very moment that inspired Keely to start running. Even as a teenager Keely won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking Kelly Holmes' British record.

So can she break the world record that's stood for 41 years? Will she be joining Michael Johnson's new Grand Slam Track event? What does she think can be done to improve athletics in the UK? And how does she balance her love of seeing friends and fashion with her gruelling training regime?

Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides

Producer: Sophie Penney

Video Producers: Sam Trudgill

Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland

Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network

Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global

You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".

The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now here!