Team GB's Keely Hodgkinson shocked after winning silver in the women's 800 meter
The top two positions were taken by 19-year-olds
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  • Team GB's Keely Hodgkinson was so surprised she won a Tokyo Olympics medal that she couldn't keep things PG.
  • With the camera on her, the 19-year-old was heard saying "what the f—," to someone in the crowd.
  • Hodgkinson finished second in the women's 800 meters behind the USA's Athing Mu, who is also just 19.
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A 19-year-old was so surprised by her shock silver Tokyo Olympics medal that she shouted "what the f—" live on TV.

Team GB's Keely Hodgkinson finished second in the women's 800 meter behind the USA's Athing Mu and was visibly shocked when she realized she'd won silver.

Draped in a Union Jack flag, Hodgkinson was filmed talking to someone in the stands just off camera soon after the race had finished.

Replying to something the person had said, Hodgkinson said: "I know! What the f—!"

The teenager finished with a time of 1.55.88, setting a British record, and just 0.67 seconds off fellow 19-year-old Mu.

It's been a year to remember for Hodgkinson having become her country's youngest ever European indoor champion just four days after her 19th birthday and then beating favorites Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir to win the 800 meters in the British Olympic Trials.

Speaking after winning Team GB's first track medal of the Tokyo Olympics, Hodgkinson said she was "speechless."

"I think it is just one of those things where you know something like that is possible but whether it comes out you just don't know. It was such a good race.

"I wanted to put it all out there and I did that. It is going to take a couple of days to sink in."

Team GB runner skipped work in a shoe shop to be in Tokyo

Alexandra Bell celebrates after the women's 800 meter final
Bell finished with a time of 1:57.66
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Hodgkinson was one of three Team GB women to compete in the final alongside Reekie and Alex Bell.

Bell took unpaid leave from her job in a shoe shop when she received a last minute call-up to the squad.

She finished seventh in the final but said she was "delighted" to earn a personal best in the race.

Reekie narrowly missed out on bronze, fading at the end to finish fourth.

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