Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic 800 metre silver medalist, 600 metre World record holder, European champion, World Championship silver medalist and Commonwealth Games silver medalist calls for more conversations and research into how contraception affects women's sporting performance, opens up about body image and the mental health struggles she has had overcome in the latest episode of my podcast, 'Reign with Josh Smith' listen to the full interview here: http://hyperurl.co/i4yxt0

You will remember Keely’s big sporting break came when she won Silver in the 800 metres at the Tokyo Olympics at just 19 years old! And since then in the space of just two years Keely has smashed Kelly Holmes's British national 800 metre record multiple times, set a new world indoor 600m record and has taken home medals at the Commonwealth Games, the European and World Championships.

Ahead of the World Championships in Budapest this summer, and the Paris Olympics 2024, Keely joins us to talk about her journey to the top in athletics, and it hasn't always been easy as she talks about how she quit athletics as a teen, the times she ended up crying on the pavement during lockdown, and how she went from not being able to get out of bed, to winning a Commonwealth medal in the space of a week.

In this episode, Keely opens up about her struggles with body image, and the concerns around looking ‘too muscular’ which leads to an alarmingly high dropout rate of young girls from athletics.

Keely also calls for more research and conversations about how contraception affects women's bodies (which is SO overdue, right!?!), how she wants to shatter the outdated stereotype in sport that if you become a mother your career is over and reflects back on the tough mental health challenges of being an athlete.

Keely's mental strength and her wise words are relevant to everybody so I hope her thoughts on failure and becoming comfortable will inspire you. If it does let me know, get in touch with me across socials on @joshsmithhosts because it’s always great chatting to you and come back next week for the next episode in our special women in sport series! Love, Josh xx

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