Keely Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold as Team GB win five more medals at day 10 of the Olympics

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Keely Hodgkinson lived up to her billing as pre-Olympic favourite by storming to an impressive gold in the women’s 800m, one of five medals won by Team GB on day 10 in Paris.

Hodgkinson produced a commanding performance to become the first British woman to win an Olympic 800m title since Dame Kelly Holmes in 2004, crossing the line in 1:56.72 to hold off a late push from Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma.

The 22-year-old, who took silver in Tokyo and has also had to settle for second in back-to-back World Championships, grabbed the halfway lead and never relinquished top spot on her way to a career-defining victory.