Keely Hodgkinson has delighted her thousands of followers with a stunning set of snaps
Keely Hodgkinson has set pulses racing among her burgeoning fanbase after posting a glam set of pictures.
The Olympic 800m champion is on the crest of a wave after smashing the world indoor record and adding world indoor gold to her growing medal collection earlier this year. The 24-year-old is also enjoying life off the track after moving into a swanky high-rise apartment in the centre of her native Manchester.
This week, she posted a varied reel featuring snaps from out and about in the city while wearing Union Jack-branded jeans, as well as a couple of shots from training as she gears up for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and European Championships in Birmingham.
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Many of her 620,000 followers were left in raptures by the reel, with one follower calling her the “THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE WORLDDDD.”
Another added: “Most beautiful athlete. She’s got the skills, she’s got the looks.” A third declared: “Gosh, you’re actually quite bloody dreamy.”
One admirer said: “You look amazing, so pretty.” Others branded her “gorgeous” and an “icon.”
Hodgkinson, who had to settle for bronze at last year’s World Championship in Tokyo after battling back from injury, recently clinched gold by storming to victory in the 800m at the World Indoor Championships in Poland.
She clocked a championship-record time of 1 minute, 55.3 seconds, the second-fastest indoor performance in history, behind the world record she set in February. Hodgkinson is now targeting breaking the longstanding outdoor record.
Long-term, Hogkinson will have her eye on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. She has already competed at two Olympics in Tokyo and Paris and is eyeing three more Games appearances, which would take her to the age of 36.
However, before then, Hodgkinson admits she may need to take some time off, possibly to start a family. In a joint interview with training partner and fellow middle-distance star Georgia Hunter Bell for The Times, Hodgkinson said: “To extend a career from 19 to 34 is a big ask, but I’d like to do it. I might need a year off at some point, perhaps when I’m 30.”
She then quipped to world indoor 1500m champion Hunter Bell, 32: “We’re going to get pregnant together that year, aren’t we?”