Unconventional ‘stroke of genius’ boosts Britain’s bid for heptathlon gold

When Goldie Sayers, Britain’s top javelin-thrower, lost her funding, she ended up accepting an unusual arrangement to coach Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Goldie Sayers, Britain’s best female javelin thrower, likens her new role helping the heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson improve her weakest discipline in a bid to challenge for gold in Rio to the feelgood sentiment behind the Kevin Spacey movie Pay It Forward.

For Johnson-Thompson, who has emerged as one of Britain’s greatest hopes, the idea is “a stroke of genius”. But for Barrie Wells, the sporting philanthropist who has backed the bubbly young athlete since she was 15 and brought the pair together, it was simple common sense.

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