Talk:Keely Hodgkinson

A sentence that makes no sense

In the section about Hodgkinson's career in 2021, I came across this sentence "Before the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in August, it was specialist British Athletics Weekly which still did not understand who is the boss, though on paper ....". It makes no sense. Can someone who knows what they're talking about (i.e. not me), rewrite it to make sense. JRGp (talk) 21:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Supporting Man. Utd

The removal of that section was neither discussed nor justified. One's football team is important to one, hence why the subject was invited to Old Trafford. Compare Ken Doherty, another fan of that club, getting to show off his world snooker championship trophy at Old Trafford in 1997. For these reasons that revert has been undone Billsmith60 (talk) 11:59, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Keely Hodgkinson/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Canary757 (talk · contribs) 06:41, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: AirshipJungleman29 (talk · contribs) 15:04, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

I will review this article as part of WP:GARC. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:04, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I've done a short copyedit of the article. The article is broad and focused, neutral, and stable. Images are relevant and freely licensed. Sources used are all reliable. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:04, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Source spotcheck

This table lists 17 random passages from throughout the article (14.9% of 114 total passages). These passages contain 21 inline citations (12.7% of 165 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:09, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Hodgkinson joined Leigh Harriers at the age of nine and won county championships in 800 m, 1200 m, 1500 m, and cross-country races.
11		leighjournal.co.uk	web.archive.org		Latter half of sentence falls under WP:LIMITED.
Her father encouraged her to focus on athletics rather than swimming, and she was inspired by Jessica Ennis-Hill winning the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
14		olympics.com	web.archive.org
15		theguardian.com	web.archive.org
before adding the 1500 m UK School Games title.
21		leighjournal.co.uk	web.archive.org
Later that month, she went on to take the national senior 800 m title at the British Indoor Championships.
31	a	results.britishathletics.org.…	web.archive.org		Consider adding |url-status dead as the main link didn't load for me.
Hodgkinson competed at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. She became the second youngest British winner in the competition's history (after 400 m runner Marilyn Neufville in 1970), and also the youngest ever women's 800 m European indoor champion after her success in Toruń, Poland.
38	a	athleticsweekly.com	web.archive.org
39		theguardian.com	web.archive.org
Hodgkinson's early athletics career had been funded by her parents, but in 2020, she was not named by British Athletics as a recipient of £15,000 of lottery funding. Businessman Barrie Wells, who had previously helped fund 18 athletes to the 2012 London Olympics, stepped in and roughly matched the £15,000 a year that she had missed out on. This allowed Hodgkinson to attend warm-weather training in Florida.
51		telegraph.co.uk	web.archive.org
52		bbc.com	web.archive.org
In March, Hodgkinson travelled to the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She suffered a quad injury during her warm-up for the event and was forced to withdraw.
57		eurosport.co.uk	web.archive.org
Later in August, she secured her first major senior outdoor gold, winning the 800 m at the European Championships held in Munich in a time of 1:59.04. She finished half a second clear of France's Rénelle Lamote who won silver.
65	a	theguardian.com	web.archive.org		"half a second clear of France's Rénelle Lamote" could be rephrased.
66		telegraph.co.uk	web.archive.org
She also won the 400 m at the England U23s with a new personal best time of 52.24. The time was also a championship record, eclipsing the mark of 52.43 set by Christine Ohuruogu in 2005.
80		bbc.co.uk	web.archive.org
She later missed the Anniversary Games Diamond League meeting in London due to illness.
83		london.diamondleague.com	web.archive.org		Consider adding |url-status dead as the main link didn't load for me.
A large mural was then painted at Stevenson Square in Manchester to honour her achievement.
94		manchestereveningnews.co.uk	web.archive.org
In September, she won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after finishing behind Lilian Odira and Georgia Hunter Bell.
103	a	independent.co.uk	web.archive.org
She is a supporter of Premier League football club Manchester United, and was invited onto the pitch at Old Trafford after winning Olympic gold in 2024.
115		skysports.com	web.archive.org
Oslo Bislett Games (SB)
60	b	bbc.co.uk	web.archive.org
2021: Ostrava Golden Spike
41	b	athleticsweekly.com	web.archive.org
Track results only. Hodgkinson competed also at the ECCA English Championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) with best place being fifth on a 5 km course in 2018, and at the cross country ESAA Championships (2016, 2017, 2018) with best place being second on a 3.8 km course also in 2018.
4	g	thepowerof10.info	web.archive.org		Consider adding |url-status dead as the main link didn't load for me.
British Athletics Supporters Club: BASC Athlete of the Year
119	b	basclub.org.uk	web.archive.org

Just a couple of outstanding points relating to the source spotcheck Canary757 before this nomination can be passed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:41, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @AirshipJungleman29. Thank you for reviewing this page. I have updated two url-access= (not for 83 as this is already marked as dead). I have also reworded a couple of sentences. Canary757 (talk) 14:14, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 20:35, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

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Keely Hodgkinson at the 2023 European Indoor Championships

• ... that Keely Hodgkinson (pictured) broke an athletics world record that had been set on the day that she was born?

• Source: BBC

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment: In 2026, Hodgkinson broke the indoor 800 m world record that had been set by Čeplak on 3 March 2002, the day that Hodgkinson was born.

Improved to Good Article status by Canary757 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Canary757 (talk) 05:35, 3 May 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed:
• Used in article:
• Clear at 100px: - no

QPQ: Done.

Overall: (t · c) buIdhe 23:31, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Canary757 and Buidhe: Ticking this one off as AGF approval is deprecated but I've seen the source and have verified it. Image is not so blurry that I'd reject it, but I'd take a closer crop.--Launchballer 23:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Launchballer: and Buidhe. I don't know how to crop a photo on commons. Can this just proceed without the photo? Thanks. Canary757 (talk) 09:31, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

You can just ask at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop. It's probably alright now though.--Launchballer 15:15, 9 May 2026 (UTC)