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.

I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.

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

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.

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