{"id":240610,"date":"2026-04-27T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/keely-hodgkinsons-private-x-rated-comment-after-rival-handed-her-painful-defeat\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:34:10","slug":"keely-hodgkinsons-private-x-rated-comment-after-rival-handed-her-painful-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/keely-hodgkinsons-private-x-rated-comment-after-rival-handed-her-painful-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Keely Hodgkinson&#8217;s private X-rated comment after rival handed her painful defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_4f8be1\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Keely Hodgkinson has taken the rough with the smooth both before and after winning gold at the 2024 Olympics<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37075457\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Keely Hogkinson has had ups and downs since winning Olympic gold\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Keely Hogkinson has had ups and downs since winning Olympic gold<cite aria-label=\"Image: Dan Mullan, Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Dan Mullan, Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Team GB superstar <a aria-label=\"Keely HodgkinsonLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/keely-hodgkinson\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Keely Hodgkinson<\/a> jokingly branded team-mate and training partner Georgia Hunter Bell a &#8220;b***h&#8221; when reflecting on a run-in between the pair. Hodgkinson&#8217;s compatriot narrowly beat her to silver at the 2025 <a aria-label=\"World Athletics ChampionshipsLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/iaaf-world-championships\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">World Athletics Championships<\/a>, but the pair have since been able to laugh about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hodgkinson claimed Olympic silver over 800 metres in Tokyo before improving in Paris in 2024, <a aria-label=\"securing her first gold medal at the gamesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/breaking-keely-hodgkinson-800m-result-33400425\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">securing her first gold medal at the games<\/a> and Team GB&#8217;s first<a aria-label=\" OlympicLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/olympic-games\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"> Olympic<\/a> gold over the distance since <a aria-label=\"Kelly HolmesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/kelly-holmes\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Holmes<\/a> won in 2004. The reigning Olympic champ returned to Tokyo for the 2025 Worlds but lost out again, with Lilian Odira claiming gold and Hunter Bell narrowly ahead of her team-mate in second..<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Odira triumphed in 1.54:62, just a hundredth of a second outside the British record set by Hodgkinson 12 months prior. Hodgkinson, who had seen her 2025 season derailed by injury, recalled the race when speaking to <a aria-label=\"The TimesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/athletics\/article\/keely-hodgkinson-georgia-hunter-bell-training-friendship-rivalry-m6lcthvms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When <a aria-label=\"the topic was raisedLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/sport\/other-sport\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-team-gb-rival-33842742\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">the topic was raised<\/a>, Hodgkinson started laughing before whispering &#8220;b***h&#8221; under her breath. It was clearly a light-hearted remark, with the 24-year-old recognising it was a difficult day for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">JOIN US ON FACEBOOK!<\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MirrorSport#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><u>All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_6edd97\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36937877\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/keely-hodgkinson-west-ham-stadium-36937877\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keely Hodgkinson comes out firing with star close to being denied her ultimate wish<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_6edd97\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36974415\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/keely-hodgkinson-cooper-lutkenhaus-record-36974415\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keely Hodgkinson&#8217;s coaches left stunned by teenager being compared to Michael Jordan<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;But I was dead,&#8221; she added. &#8220;My legs were done for. That is the closest I&#8217;ve come to falling over. It&#8217;s just one of those things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hunter Bell and Hodgkinson then acknowledged that, had the situation been reversed, the Olympic champion would probably not have shown any sympathy to her friend. &#8220;It&#8217;s racing. When we step on the start line we all want to win,&#8221; Hunter Bell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Since that narrow defeat, Hodgkinson has been tough to beat. She set a new <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a> indoor record over 800m in February, shaving nearly a second off a record which had remained intact since the day of her birth in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Just weeks after that achievement, the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Manchester<\/a> athlete posted the second-fastest indoor time in history to clinch gold at the World Indoor Championships in Poland. She finished more than a second ahead of the rest of the field, Audrey Werro and Addy Wiley joining her on the podium.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37075456\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37075456\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21: (L-R) Silver medalist Georgia Hunter Bell of Team Great Britain, gold medalist Lilian Odira of Team Kenya and bronze medalist Keely Hodgkinson of Team Great Britain pose for a photo from the podium during the Women's 800 Metres medal ceremony on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37075456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Day-9-World-Athletics-Championships-Tokyo-2025.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37075456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Day-9-World-Athletics-Championships-Tokyo-2025.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37075456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Day-9-World-Athletics-Championships-Tokyo-2025.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37075456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Day-9-World-Athletics-Championships-Tokyo-2025.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell both finished on the podium in Tokyo in 2025\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell both finished on the podium in Tokyo in 2025<cite aria-label=\"Image: Christian Petersen, Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Christian Petersen, Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hodgkinson&#8217;s sights are now firmly set on the outdoor world record and she might even have taken it already were it not for her injury issues last year. She ranks as the sixth-fastest woman of all time over her favoured distance and has looked in impressive form since the injury that disrupted her 2025 season, though she has more than a second to claw back on Jarmila Kratochvilova&#8217;s record, which has remained unbroken since 1983.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not afraid to put my goals out there,&#8221; Hodgkinson said after winning Sports Personality of the Year in 2024. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty close [to the world record], I would like to think. I have seen this year what my body is capable of and I&#8217;m excited to push on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;That world record is something I will always have in the back of my head. But I have so many years to get stronger so I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing what happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I trust in Trevor and Jenny (coaches Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows) a lot. I know what shape I&#8217;m in before I step on the start line. It all depends if it comes together and that can depend on many things in athletics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-world-championships-tokyo-37075458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keely Hodgkinson has taken the rough with the smooth both before and after winning gold at the 2024 Olympics Keely Hogkinson has had ups and downs since winning Olympic gold(Image: Dan Mullan, Getty Images) Team GB superstar Keely Hodgkinson jokingly branded team-mate and training partner Georgia Hunter Bell a &#8220;b***h&#8221; when reflecting on a run-in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[57828,54382,51136],"class_list":{"0":"post-240610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics","8":"tag-iaaf-world-championships","9":"tag-keely-hodgkinson","10":"tag-team-gb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}