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Katarina, the defending Commonwealth heptathlon champion, will be aiming to win back-to-back gold medals at this year’s Commonwealth Games following her success on the Gold Coast in 2018.

The 29-year-old recovered from a ruptured achilles to make last year’s Olympic squad but was forced to rule out the heptathlon due to a calf injury.

The Liverpool-born star, who is dating British hurdling athlete Andrew Pozzi, says that the city of

Birmingham, the 2022 venue, has “got a lot of history for me. I can’t wait”.