Keely Hodgkinson must win the Olympics or World Championships to cement her status as British athletics’ next superstar, according to American icon Michael Johnson.
Hodgkinson, 20, announced herself on the world stage by winning 800m silver at the Tokyo Olympics last year while still a teenager before matching that result in this summer’s World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
She finally landed her first major outdoor title in August with 800m gold at the European Championships in Munich but sprinting royalty Johnson called for the Manchester ace to kick on and top the podium at the events where all her competitors are in attendance.
