When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.

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• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  I like to balance competing with studying. It's hard work at the moment, but it could be worse.

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  I'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

  That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.

• Katarina Witt:

  When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

• Katarina Witt:

  Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

• Katarina Witt:

  It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

• Katarina Witt:

  I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.