{"id":250423,"date":"2026-06-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/keely-hodgkinson-sets-deadline-for-when-she-wants-to-get-married-and-have-family\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:00:00","slug":"keely-hodgkinson-sets-deadline-for-when-she-wants-to-get-married-and-have-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/keely-hodgkinson-sets-deadline-for-when-she-wants-to-get-married-and-have-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Keely Hodgkinson sets deadline for when she wants to get married and have family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_940723\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Team GB Olympic gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson has opened up about her hopes to marry and start a family<\/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=\"37350422\">\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 Hodgkinson is the face of British athletics\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Keely Hodgkinson is the face of British athletics<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keely Hodgkinson has disclosed her plans to tie the knot and begin a family within the coming decade. The 24-year-old <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/keely-hodgkinson-instagram-olympics-record-37285406\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">shot to stardom at the Paris 2024 Olympics<\/a> after claiming gold in the 800m, four years on from <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/tokyo-2020-olympics-keely-hodgkinson-24679399\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">securing silver in the same discipline<\/a> at the Tokyo 2020 Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/team-gb\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Team GB<\/a> sensation has since emerged as <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-uk-championships-relationship-37318937\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">one of the leading figures in British athletics<\/a>, with many tracking both her competitive exploits and <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-seb-coe-athletics-37210586\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">her personal life<\/a> beyond the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hodgkinson <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/sport\/other-sport\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-marriage-relationship-olympics-34185950\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">spoke candidly<\/a> about her aspirations for the next 10 years during an appearance on Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu&#8217;s <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/youtube\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 25-year-old, who is <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/welsh-sprint-sensation-jeremiah-azu-37092648\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">the 2025 World Indoor Champion over 60 metres<\/a>, asked the Atherton-born athlete what single ambition she hopes to fulfil over the next decade. Hodgkinson replied: &#8220;Mine is not related to track at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MirrorSport#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Mine is I&#8217;d like to start a family and get married. That&#8217;s a big thing for me. I&#8217;ll be 34, I&#8217;d like to think I&#8217;d had a baby by then and I really look forward to that point of my life at some point.&#8221;<\/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-37350423\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37350423\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.54\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, poses with her medal after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) following an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-AWARD.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-AWARD.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-AWARD.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350423.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-AWARD.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The Team GB star was awarded an MBE in 2025\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Team GB star was awarded an MBE in 2025<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She has previously opened up about her romantic life, revealing that her three-year relationship with a fellow athlete came to an end at the start of 2024 owing to long-distance challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking to <a aria-label=\"\" 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=\"_self\">The Times<\/a> in October that year, she explained: &#8220;He lived in Texas for a bit, then in Italy, then London. There was always a distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Because I do what I do and put that first, we could go weeks, months and not see each other. I&#8217;m not really interested in dating right now. I&#8217;ve never been on the apps. I like meeting people in real life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hodgkinson made her return to competition last week at the British Athletics Championship to compete in the 400m final, but withdrew from the track moments before the race was due to start.<\/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-37350424\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37350424\" 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=\"Keely Hodgkinson of Leigh Harriers competes in the Women's 400m Heats during day one of the UK Athletics Championships at Alexander Stadium\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350424.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Novuna-UK-Athletics-Championships-Day-One.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350424.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Novuna-UK-Athletics-Championships-Day-One.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350424.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Novuna-UK-Athletics-Championships-Day-One.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37350424.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Novuna-UK-Athletics-Championships-Day-One.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Hodgkinson withdrew from the 400m final last week\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Hodgkinson withdrew from the 400m final last week<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She took her place in lane nine, but it quickly became clear something was amiss as a visibly distressed Hodgkinson moved to the edge of the track while officials surrounded her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The athlete was then seen in tears as she departed, later explaining on social media the reasoning behind her choice not to compete. She posted in a statement: &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t feeling 100 per cent standing on the start line, so I made the tough decision to step away and not race. I didn&#8217;t want to risk anything ahead of this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She subsequently added on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Instagram<\/a>: &#8220;Leaving champs healthy!! Sometimes the hard decision is saying no, body wasn&#8217;t feeling 100[per cent], exciting summer ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-married-children-olympics-37350425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team GB Olympic gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson has opened up about her hopes to marry and start a family Keely Hodgkinson is the face of British athletics(Image: Getty) Keely Hodgkinson has disclosed her plans to tie the knot and begin a family within the coming decade. 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