Olympics | Hodgkinson wins women's 800m gold at Paris Games (updated)

PARIS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Keely Hodgkinson clinched Britain's first athletics gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the women's 800m final on Monday.

The 22-year-old, a silver medalist at the Tokyo Games three years ago, held off a late charge from Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma to win in one minute, 56.72 seconds at the Stade de France.

Duguma took silver in a personal best time of 1:57.15 and Kenya's Mar