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Painter and Meadows led Hodgkinson to Olympic silver as a teenager on her Games debut in Tokyo three years ago, before the Leigh athlete won consecutive world silvers in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n
She followed that up with Olympic gold by dominating the final and delivering the gold she and her team had been working towards.<\/p>\n
The joint award was presented to Painter and Meadows by London 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill and Kelly Holmes – winner of 800m and 1500m gold at Athens 2004.<\/p>\n
While Hodgkinson won Olympic gold, team-mate Bell also stood on the podium in Paris.<\/p>\n
Bell quit athletics in 2017 and was still holding down a full-time job at the start of this year.<\/p>\n
But after reuniting with Painter three years ago, the 31-year-old achieved a fairytale 1500m bronze on her Olympic debut following European silver in June.<\/p>\n
Davey, meanwhile, is now a three-time global relay medallist at 24 after adding bronze in Paris to two medals at last year’s World Championships.<\/p>\n
There is a World Championships in Tokyo to target in 2025, where Painter and Meadows will hope to guide their athletes to further international success.<\/p>\n
Last year, football manager Pep Guardiola was named Coach of the Year as his Treble-winning Manchester City side won Team of the Year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n