• Athlete broke British record to win world heptathlon gold
• ‘I’ve had a lot of bad years, I’m just so happy I came out in front’
Katarina Johnson-Thompson admitted that the twin joys of beating Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British record and winning her first world championship heptathlon gold was “like a dream”.
“These whole two days have gone so fast,” she said after scoring 6,981 points to eclipse Ennis-Hill’s record by 26 points. “It’s been at night, there are all the lights, it has felt like a dream. I cannot believe this result. I am so happy.” Few expected Johnson-Thompson to beat Nafi Thiam, who had not lost since May 2016, but she produced four personal bests to take a stunning gold. And afterwards she credited a move to France in January 2017 for changing her career around.
Written by Sean Ingle in Doha
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/03/katarina-johnson-thompson-tore-everything-up under the title “Katarina Johnson-Thompson says she ‘tore everything up’ to win world title”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
