Lewis Hamilton hypes Keely Hodgkinson’s Olympic Gold in 800 meters

Lewis Hamilton recently congratulated British runner Keely Hodgkinson for winning her first gold medal in the Women's 800m event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Hodgkinson clinched Great Britain's first gold medal in athletics and 12th gold medal in this year's Games.

The women's 800m final took place on August 5, with Hodgkinson being the only British representing her country in the race. With a time of 1:56.72, Keely finished ahead of Duguma Tsige and Mary Mora, who clinched the silver and bronze medals by clocking 1:57.15s and 1:57.42s, respectively.

Several celebrities and athletes, including seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, congratulated Hodgkinson via their social media handles.

Lewis Hamilton congratulating Keely Hodgkinson on Instagram stories (Image via Instagram/@lewishamilton)

The Mercedes driver reposted a picture of the British runner winning the gold medal on his Instagram stories. He added the gold medal and United Kingdom's flag emojis to the story and showed support for his compatriot.

Prior to this, Lewis Hamilton was also seen attending the bronze medal fencing match at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Sunday, August 4.

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Lewis Hamilton on experiencing the 2024 Paris Olympics and praising his good friend Miles Chamley-Watson

With F1 on a pause for the summer break, several F1 drivers and members, including Lewis Hamilton, recently attended the 2024 Paris Olympics. The seven-time world champion posted pictures of him attending a bronze medal fencing match between France and the United States. He attended the match to support his good friend and popular American fencer, Miles Chamley-Watson.

France eventually won the match and Hamilton was also seen consoling Chamley-Watson after the match. Following this, the Mercedes star posted several pictures of himself with other celebrities like Hollywood star Nina Dobrev and American rapper Snoop Dogg. He also captured moments of the fencing match.

In the post, he wrote about experiencing the energy and dedication at the Olympics. He also consoled Miles Chamley-Watson and wrote words of encouragement for the American fencer following USA's 32-45 defeat to France.

"Such an amazing experience to be at the Olympics to and feel the energy of the crowd. The dedication, focus and resilience of these competitors is incredible to witness up close. @fencer, I’m so proud of you brother. The challenges you’ve faced and overcome to get here is nothing short of amazing. Adversity makes us stronger and from it we learn our greatest lessons. The best is yet to come," Hamilton wrote.

Chamley Watson, replying to Hamilton's post, thanked the seven-time F1 world champion for his kind words and wrote,

"Love you brother. Meant that world to have you there. Thanks for picking my head up and supporting me," Chamley-Watson replied.