Gabby Logan tells Sports Mole that she believes Katarina Johnson-Thompson is capable of defending her Commonwealth Games heptathlon title in Birmingham.
Presenter and former Commonwealth Games gymnast Gabby Logan believes that Katarina Johnson-Thompson has what it takes to successfully defend her heptathlon title in Birmingham.
The 29-year-old fended off competition from Nina Schultz and Niamh Emerson to win the gold medal on the Gold Coast four years ago – pushing herself through the pain barrier in the process – before taking the 2019 World Championship title.
Johnson-Thompson’s Olympic dreams ended in bitter fashion in Tokyo, though, as the Brit suffered a torn calf muscle during the 200m portion of the heptathlon, as well as attempting to battle back from her ruptured Achilles from 2020.
The reigning Commonwealth Games champion could only place seventh at the Gotzis meeting in Austria during her long-awaited comeback two months ago, but she nevertheless elected to try to defend her world title in Oregon.
Johnson-Thompson failed to finish on the podium earlier this month,…
