Keely Hodgkinson will celebrate her Olympic 800m gold medal with a holiday before targeting a time that will take her close to the 41-year-old world record. That is the message from Hodgkinson’s coaches, Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, the husband and wife team who meticulously prepared the 22-year-old for glory in Paris.
They accept Jarmila Kratochvilova’s time of 1min 53.28sec is out of reach for now but believe Hodgkinson has the talent and desire to break it one day. “She’s going to Marbella on a family holiday,” said Painter. “She says she’s going there to switch off. Then we’ll do the Diamond League final and have a crack there with a pacemaker.
