On an afternoon when Keely Hodgkinson had planned to claim a world record, Great Britain’s queen of athletics perhaps discovered something more precious.
The heartbreak of her shock injury this week, scuppering an audacious run to take down Jolanda Ceplak’s long-standing mark of 1m 55.82secs, had somewhat subsided as hundreds of adoring young girls turned out to offer overwhelming support to their idol at the inaugural Keely Klassic.
