
Mackenzie Little, the Sydney registrar who's combining her medical ambitions with an athletics dream, believes her Diamond League javelin silver in China was just what the doctor ordered at the start of her Olympic build-up.
The world bronze medallist, up against a host of her potential rivals in Paris, was delighted with her opening salvo in Suzhou on Saturday, as she finished second, only being pipped by a last-round throw from Japan's world champion Haruka Kitaguchi.