WHAT a wonderful Olympic debut it was for Leigh Harrier Keely Hodgkinson, who came second in her 800 metres heat in Tokyo on Friday.

Here are the images of the British champion, who hails from Atherton, as reached Saturday's semi-final in a time of two minutes 01.06 seconds.

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Keely Hodgkinson on the right of the leading pack

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Keely Hodgkinson/pic: Martin Rickett/PA 

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