Five years ago as Jinson Johnson walked around with a gold and silver from the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, many were wondering how far he would go. The next year he broke his own 1500m National record, bringing it down to 3:35.24s in Berlin, and looked set to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where the entry standard was 3:35.00.
Clearly, Johnson appeared to be enjoying a bright phase with more happy days ahead.
But life has its strange twists and turns. Johnson was forced to pull up in 800m final at the Doha Asian Championships in April 2019 with a calf injury and a few months after his national record-breaking run in Berlin, he suffered an Achilles tendon injury. Covid followed and last year he had a hamstring injury.
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