THE Kat with the heart of a lion has become a hunter again, her coach declared last night.
The day after being crowned world heptathlon champion for a second time, Katarina Johnson-Thompson saw her odds to win BBC Sports Personality Of The Year slashed from 66/1 to 7/2.
She had been unable to sleep on Sunday night, lying awake, staring up at the ceiling, as her mind raced "trying to make sense of it all".
Aston Moore, who turned Ashia Hansen and Phillips Idowu into world champions more than a decade ago, had no such problems. Hist thinking was crystal clear.
"This is the greatest comeback I've coached," said the 67-yearold Jamaican-born former Great Britain triple jumper (with KJT, below).
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