Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have been rewarded with an MBE in the King’s new year honours list.

The trio have all won global titles in the past with Hodgkinson winning gold at this year's Paris Olympics.

“It’s so amazing to be recognised and to have been given this award,” Hodgkinson told Athletics Weekly.

“This year has been incredibly special for so many reasons and it’s such a nice surprise to have been honoured in this way. Bring on 2025.”

Johnson-Thompson won heptathlon gold at the World Championships in 2019 and 2023 and has been honoured after a year that saw her win Olympic silver in Paris.

Asher-Smith won a world 200m title in 2019 and is the British record-holder for both 100m and 200m.

Those same World Championships saw Asher-Smith win 100m silver as well.