Keely Hodgkinson launches her own indoor athletics event - with BBC in talks to broadcast it - and targets breaking world record in attempt to revolutionise the sport

Keely Hodgkinson has announced the launch of her own indoor athletics event as she looks to use her platform to revolutionise the sport. The newly crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year will stage the inaugural ‘Keely Klassic’ in Birmingham in February, with the Beeb already in talks to broadcast it. Keely Hodgkinson was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday night The 22-year-old has announced the launch of her own indoor athletics meeting set to take place in February The race will be Hodgkinson's first since claiming Olympic gold in the 800m in Paris this summer ‘We are hoping to just bring something fun to track,’ said Hodgkinson. ‘You could have the most talented person in the world, if they're not coached right, or looked after, it can completely go to waste.’ Hodgkinson's mentors, Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, were jointly awarded Coach of the Year at Tuesday’s SPOTY ceremony Painter and Meadows have not yet accepted the pay cut and are planning talks with UKA – whose own funding has been reduced by UK Sport - in the coming weeks. Asked if she was on her way to becoming one of the greats of British athletics, World Athletics president and former SPOTY winner Lord Coe said: ‘She’s already there.