KEELY HODGKINSON’S coaching team say they cannot rule out the newly crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year breaking athletics’ longest-standing world record as soon as next year.

The 22-year-old collected a surprise 800 metres silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, then claimed gold in Paris this summer with the weight of the world’s expectations on her shoulders.

Hodgkinson posted a personal best of 1:54.61 at the London Diamond League meet in July but will have to find another gear to beat Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 1:53.28, which has stood for 41 years.