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Wigan athletics ace Keely Hodgkinson shows experience beyond her years to leave it late and waltz into Olympic final

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Keely Hodgkinson has risen so fast and so high that it is easy to forget that she is still only 19.

The middle-distance runner from Wigan burst onto the scene when she was crowned European Indoor champion in March before winning the Olympic Trials.

Now the teenager has safely navigated her way through to the Olympic final in Tokyo, joining compatriots Jemma Reekie and Alexandra Bell as three GB women qualified for the women’s 800m final for the very first time.

What was so impressive from Hodgkinson was the way she paced her race, backing her kick down the final straight even as it looked like she was leaving herself too much to do.

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