Olympic hero Keely Hodgkinson stole the show on Tuesday evening at BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards as she rocked up to the red carpet in a backless dress
Olympic hero Keely Hodgkinson wowed on the red carpet on Tuesday evening.
Hodgkinson, who claimed gold in the 800m, has been tipped as favourite to claim the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. And she rocked up to Media City, Salford, in a figure hugging backless dress, stealing the show.
While she’s quick on the track, Hodgkinson is hot on her fashion – and the Olympian admitted her craziest post-Paris moment was meeting fashion guru Giorgio Armani.
“He came over to me and he put his hand on my cheek and called me ‘Bella’ [beautiful in Italian], which I thought was really nice. He can’t speak English, but he’s quite into sport,” she told The Telegraph. “It was just quite funny because he’s this powerful, small man… he’s a lot older now… but he looks great.
“He’s still heavily involved in his work, and I think that was a really cool moment. They flew me out. I sat front row at the fashion show – had lots of dinners. The trip was absolutely amazing.”
She continued: “I don’t know if I can say what I’m going to wear yet – but it’s an exciting collaboration that’s quite new – hopefully everyone likes it.”
Hodgkinson is up for the main award of the evening, and she has been made as the bookies favourite – beating out the likes of Luke Littler and Joe Root to take the mantle of favourite.
Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said about the shortlist: “It’s a fantastic shortlist. All six have kept us on the edge of our seats this year, showing us how sensational they are.
“I’m looking forward to reliving each of their successes on the night and finding out who audiences want to be crowned BBC Sport Personality of the Year 2024.”