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title in 1986 and 1990. it s been such an up and down year with covid and then another illness and a couple of little niggles at the wrong time and i ve never sprinted like that in my entire life. but, honestly, without the crowd i wouldn t have finished like that tonight and ijust wanted it so bad. and the british golds kept coming at the alexander stadium. after a personal best in the javelin, gold was in the palm of katarina johnson thompson s hands, and with just the 800 metres to come, she wouldn t let it go. another lap of honour for kjt and another commonwealth title. earlier, cannock chase forest hosted the mountain bike cross country and the home crowd were there to see favourite evie richards, and despite a bad back and covid in the build up, there were hardly any slip ups as she raced away to gold. but talking of bad backs, watching the amount of weight emily campbell shifts is enough to make anyone feel sore. but the english lifter blew away the rest of the field with back
the world championships, two minutes and seven seconds, we have not seen her do anything this rapid as that. where is the personal best is run to 11. do not discount her and should definitely be looking to at least get on the podium this is certainly not yet in the bag for kjt, she had a ruptured achilles, she can only finished eighth in the world championships a couple weeks ago, this is her last event of the season and she will really be hoping to go out with a bang. out with a bang. possibly the hiuuhliht out with a bang. possibly the highlight on out with a bang. possibly the highlight on the out with a bang. possibly the highlight on the track, - out with a bang. possibly the highlight on the track, a - out with a bang. possibly the highlight on the track, a big l out with a bang. possibly the - highlight on the track, a big name to look out for me very mentioned her, she will be competing in the women s100 metres. at}! her, she will be competing in the women s100 metres. he
and, yeah, as a woman, believe in what you want and, yeah, dream big. on day six of the commonwealth games in birmingham, england s katerina johnson thompson won her first heptathlon for three years to retain her commonwealth title. also on the track scotland s eilish mccolgan followed in her mum liz s footsteps to take gold for scotland in the women s 10,000 metre final. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has all the details. after a difficult season, the perfect ending. katarina johnson thompson set herself up for glory with a lifetime best throw in the javelin, and with a big lead, she could afford not to win the 800 metres. silver for northern ireland s kate o connor but the smiles belonged to kjt. the 100 metre final is always a crowd favourite and so is elaine thompson herah.