{"id":23774,"date":"2025-12-23T17:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/celine-obinna-alo-teen-sprinter-tipped-for-stardom-by-ex-olympic-medallist-richard-kilty\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:12:32","slug":"celine-obinna-alo-teen-sprinter-tipped-for-stardom-by-ex-olympic-medallist-richard-kilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/celine-obinna-alo-teen-sprinter-tipped-for-stardom-by-ex-olympic-medallist-richard-kilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Obinna-Alo: Teen sprinter tipped for stardom by ex-Olympic medallist Richard Kilty"},"content":{"rendered":"


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That natural ability was evident from an early age.<\/p>\n

Obinna-Alo had always seemed anecdotally fast as she showed racing against neighbours in the street in Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

And her father received a call from her primary school headteacher encouraging him to enrol his daughter in an athletics club to tap into this talent.<\/p>\n

But it was teaming up with Kilty, a 4x100m relay medallist at the Olympics, World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games and a world champion over 60m indoors, that has started to unlock that potential.<\/p>\n

As befitting a Year 11 pupil, the sprinter, who now lives in Houghton-le-Spring and runs for Gateshead Harriers, remains slightly nonplussed about her achievements.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t realise it was that special,” she said of setting the record. “I just thought it was like any other race.<\/p>\n

“When I saw the time and result, I couldn’t really believe it at the time. It was shocking.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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