In Doha in 2019, Katarina Johnson-Thompson was crowned world champion after the performance of her lifetime. In Eugene, she had to make do with eighth place in the heptathlon, as Nafi Thiam took gold.
Johnson-Thompson’s build-up to the Tokyo Olympics had been hampered by an Achilles injury and then she injured her calf in the competition itself, and admitted she was nowhere near back to her best a year on.
