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Adrenaline is an incredible thing.
All I can do is turn up and compete.
Although 8.25 isn't very big, it's good to be the best of Europe again.
As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.
Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport.
Being in a scenario where you're thinking, 'I can't do what I want to do due to the financial burden that comes with some of it,' makes you think, 'Well, I could go and do an after-dinner speech every night.' I'd probably earn more than I could in track-and-field. But that's a dangerous scenario to get yourself into.
During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.
Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.
Even though arguably I could have done much better at school, I'd decided at a young age that I was going to be a professional sportsman at some sport. And at that stage, there was a bit of luck: I was fortunate to meet the right people at the right time to get me to where I am now.
For a long time, I thought I'd be a physio if I wasn't a sportsman. At one point, I wanted to be an inventor, and I'd come up with little schemes.
Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard.
Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world.
I always start the day with a protein shake: protein powder mixed with water, peanut butter, and yoghurt to thicken it up.
I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
I am the Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion now, and I hope that's enough for people to accept that I am a half-decent British athlete.
I can't tell you how much everyone has worked so hard for me, as well as myself.
I come into these competitions to win, not to get silver or bronze, so it is frustrating.
I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.
I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym.
I do weights three or four times a week, and it has had an incredible impact on my confidence.
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