Keely Hodgkinson: Building a Gold-Medal Mindset (E272)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Jake and Damian are joined by Great Britain Olympic medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson, to dive deep into her journey as a middle-distance runner and her mindset as an elite athlete.
Keely Hodgkinson is a rising star in athletics, winning 800m silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at just 19 years old, before becoming European Champion in June 2024. She shares how she manages nervous energy and the importance of staying relaxed and focused before races at the highest level.
Keely discusses balancing external expectations with staying true to herself, even in high-pressure environments like the Olympic Games. She openly shares her personal challenges following the 2020 Olympics, and highlights the support of her mother in overcoming some of her toughest moments.
Emphasising the crucial role of her coaches in her development, Keely cites their ability to push her to reach her potential whilst balancing a sustainable and positive training environment.
This episode uncovers the journey of Great Britain’s most promising Olympic talents, highlighting the importance of recovery, avoiding burnout and the mental strength required to excel in modern-day athletics.
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| 0:00.0 | What's it going to feel like winning that gold? All the hard work I've put in, like, I think it's that |
| 0:06.2 | feeling that I'm chasing of like I finally did it. I was 19. I had such a big high, because Olympic |
| 0:12.4 | medicine I dreamed of, you know, did I think it was going |
| 0:15.2 | to happen at 19? No, absolutely not. It just kind of did. But then I feel that that thing was such a high that |
| 0:21.1 | when it then came down from that high. It was almost like the other things that you used to get high from whether that be like going out of your friends or this and that just weren't that high anymore and I just felt like I was always just low. |
| 0:31.0 | I've just been growing up in an environment that I'm really grateful for with my |
| 0:33.7 | parents and stuff where they've just always told me that I'm a person that if I really |
| 0:38.1 | believe it it can happen and that's just something I've hiding me since I was like 10. |
| 0:42.4 | That is the kind of miss it, I was like 10. |
| 0:50.4 | That is the inspiring talented Keeley Hodgkinson who's competing for team G. B. in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. and this is high performance, the show that unlocks the minds of the most fascinating people on the planet. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Jay Comfort, and alongside our expert, Damien Hughes, we learn from the stories, the struggles and successes |
| 1:04.4 | of our guests, allowing us all to find our own version of high performance. |
| 1:08.7 | And the nation expects high performance from Keeley this summer. |
| 1:12.4 | I mean, she's absolutely one of the |
| 1:13.7 | favorites for a gold medal. Her determination, her drive, her talent. She |
| 1:18.8 | deserves to stand on the top step of the podium in Paris this summer we'll wait and see what happens but I do |
| 1:24.4 | know it won't be for the want of trying and you're about to hear all the effort and all the |
| 1:28.8 | thought that goes into her incredible career I know you're going to love this interview, so let's get |
| 1:33.9 | straight to it and welcome Keeley to high performance. But first let's quickly |
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| 1:50.0 | Right now you can listen and watch a conversation with a true Olympic legend. |
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