KAT'S CREAM

Golden girl hails 'best day of my life 

- ALEX SPINK

GOLDEN girl Katarina Johnson-Thompson wiped away tears of joy as she hailed the "best day of my life".

She blew away her opponents to reclaim the world heptathlon title she first won in Doha four years ago to complete one of the great comeback stories in sport.

"I thought I'd fade into the background, be one of those athletes that is just there to make up the numbers," she said. "That was the last thing I wanted.

"This is the best feeling, the best day of my life."

At the age of 30 she reeled in hot favourite Anna Hall, making up a 93-point overnight deficit on the second of two days of lung-busting competition in extreme humidity.

She won the long jump (6.54m), threw the javelin further than ever before (46.14m), then clocked the fastest 800m of her life - 2:05.63.