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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Paul Eddison

Katarina Johnson-Thompson soothes ‘Covid Games trauma’ with Tokyo bronze

Katarina Johnson-Thompson won heptathlon bronze at the World Athletics Championship - (Getty Images)

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been through every emotion in Tokyo but now the National Stadium has finally given her a happy ending after a dramatic World Championship bronze.

In the build-up to these worlds, the Olympic silver medallist had insisted that she was not after redemption on the track where she had to be wheeled away in a chair after a calf injury in front of an empty stadium four years ago.

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