Hannah Columnist
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Our columnist on relinquishing her world record and being a TV presenter
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OOKING back on the Müller Anniversary Games at the London Stadium, Kare Adenegan has been building up to beat me on this scale for a while now. We’ve only raced together once this season, so deep down I knew she was going to beat me – I just didn’t expect her to break the world record and by that distance. The fact that she has done that is fantastic. For me, getting under 17 seconds has been such a barrier. Sometimes when you’re the person in the lead with no one to chase, you put this barrier in your head and you can’t get past it. I’m hoping that now Kare has done that it will take the pressure off me, especially heading into the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin. I said from the beginning that I was going to have a quieter year and focus on different things. I’ve just turned 26 so it’s important to think about my future, and obviously Kare is putting my future into focus a bit quicker than I’d anticipated! It genuinely is great to see someone coming through. For ten years I’ve had comments like ‘you’re not in the right class’ and ‘it’s too easy for you to win.’ Now, with Kare coming through and taking that world record it just shows the work that’s gone in over ten years to stay at that top level. Agilitymagazine | 14
