![]() He did have accreditation for the Games and planned to go, but pulled out due to Covid restrictions on travelling and instead watched Keely win her race at home in Lancashire, where he was "leaping around like a bloody idiot". I wanted to know what training they were doing, who their main competitors were, how they felt before a big race." Mr Wells said: "I really wanted to be on their journeys, the journey was the big thing for me. ![]() While there, the pair would swap texts about training sessions and running times. Mr Wells matched her £15,000 a year Lottery funding, allowing her to go to Florida in April with her coach for a month's training in preparation for Tokyo. Keely Hodgkinson of Team Great Britain celebrates after winning the silver medal in the Women's 800m Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on Augin Tokyo, Japan. "I never expected her to win it, but I thought she could get second or third because she's just fearless and she's got great finishing speed. ![]() Mr Wells said: "Somebody described me this morning as the Fairy Godfather or Fairy Godmother, I'm not sure which. READ MORE: 'I've got loads lad meet me in Vicky Ave' the call that tracked down High Parkers gangĪthletics fan Mr Wells, 81, who has made millions creating and selling on financial companies, stepped in to allow Ms Hodgkinson to prepare for the Olympics. Hodgkinson missed out on British Athletics funding after they decided not to add any more people to their world class performance programme in 2020, amid the pandemic. The Liverpool-born millionaire business tycoon who funded Team GB's teenage Olympic athletics medal winner Keely Hodgkinson is set to deliver her wish of becoming James Bond for the day.īarrie Wells sponsored the 19-year-old student, who took silver in the 800 metres in Tokyo, after she failed to win official funding and was reliant on her parents.
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