Katarina Johnson-Thompson says she changed coach before her world title defence to give her the best chance of success at the 2024 Olympics. The British heptathlete ended her five-year link with Bertrand Valcin in 2021. But just months after relocating to Florida, the world champion, 29, split from Petros Kyprianou this June as it “just wasn’t working for me out there”. “Looking ahead to Paris [2024], I wanted to make these decisions sooner rather than later,” she said. Valcin helped Johnson-Thompson win world gold in Doha in 2019 and she has now returned to the UK to work with Aston Moore, who has coached her before when previous coaches were unable to join her at certain events.
