FORWARD planning, Nicole Yeargin admits, is a skill in need of fine-tuning as she passes through the one-year mark as a professional athlete. There has been a single vital insight that has kept the 24-year-old’s tour on the road. “At the end of day, you pay people,” she proclaims. “That's one thing my coach has helped me with. He was like, 'dude, just ask your agents, tell them to do it.' I wasn't doing that before.”
The world championships begin in Oregon today with the American-raised Scot poised for a shot at the first medal up for grabs within Hayward Field in the mixed 4x400 metres relay. Foresight, however, seems a component absent from the family DNA.
