Katarina Johnson-Thompson: what indoor title will she do?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics

KJT has some big decisions to make, on 2021 and 2022….

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics

LONDON (GBR): Katarina Johnson-Thompson has ruled out defending both her world and European indoor titles next year, insisting the revamped athletics calendar carries a risk of burnout. The reigning world heptathlon champion has been seen online running around her flat and carrying a javelin into a park in a bid to stay attuned since returning from her base in Montpelier when the coronavirus lockdown arrived. But with the rescheduled World Indoor Championships in China now less than two weeks after the Europeans in Poland in March, one of her pentathlon crowns will be ceded by choice, Johnson-Thompson confirmed. Writes Athletics Weekly.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics

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