My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home. It is just a bit more discipline and not eating breads and pastas which are my favourite foods in the entire world.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.