Niamh Emerson lost out to her sister the last time she went to an Olympics. Next time she is not planning on bowing to anyone.
Emerson is the latest star heptathlete off Britain's production line, following Denise Lewis, Kelly Sotherton, Jess Ennis-Hill and current world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
She is 21, has not competed for 14 months and will likely not to do a heptathlon before May 2021 - two years since her last.
Yet such is her talent that Ennis-Hill declared: “Niamh is so impressive - she’s going to be rivalling Kat soon.” It was watching Ennis-Hill in London at the 2012 Olympics that persuaded Emerson multi-eventing was for her.
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