Someone actually said to me ‘You look like you’ve just been run over’ the day after I won my heptathlon silver medal in Berlin,” says Katarina Johnson-Thompson, laughing. “I literally hobbled to the bathroom last Saturday morning, on one hour’s sleep, with every part of me aching after two gruelling days of pushing myself to the limit. It was simultaneously one of the best feelings in the world – and the worst!”
She laughs again and it is impossible not to join in, especially when you know the back story. The sorrow and suffering, as well as the glory and pain.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/15/katarina-johnson-thompson-there-have-been-difficult-times under the title “Katarina Johnson-Thompson: ‘There have been some hard times … dad definitely spurred me on’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
