Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson ends her long wait for an Olympic medal but narrowly misses out on gold at Paris 2024.
Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson ended her long wait for an Olympic heptathlon medal but narrowly missed out on gold to history-maker Nafissatou Thiam in a dramatic concluding 800m in Paris.
Johnson-Thompson, with a superior lifetime best by six seconds, opened a significant lead on Thiam and crossed the line in a personal best two minutes 04.90 seconds. Johnson-Thompson put together a superb competition at her fourth Games, recording the second best points total of an illustrious career which has delivered two global triumphs.
Having earned the opportunity to chase the sport's ultimate prize over two laps, three years after suffering injury heartbreak in Tokyo, Johnson-Thompson gave everything in the 800m run of her life.
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