“I HOPE these girls are f**king ready. There’s 10 million quid in funding on the line if they don’t get a medal. I’m telling you, they better f**king get this together tonight.”
The words of the senior UK Athletics figure ring in my ear as we step out of the call room for the final of the women’s 4x400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
I wasn’t meant to hear the official talking about us as if we are an unpredictable index fund on the London Stock Exchange, not four women who have sacrificed everything to be at the Olympics.
