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The 23-year-old jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon event – a centimetre better than high jump gold medallist Ruth Beitia.

The Spaniard became the oldest champion in a jumping event with 1.97m on Saturday night.

And it’s a win that will no doubt frustrate the young Liverpudlian because she could be coming away from Rio with a gold medal.

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More frustrating still, she finished a disappointing sixth in the heptathlon despite an excellent first day.

Alongside Jessica Ennis Hill, Johnson-Thompson led the charge for Team GB.

But ultimately it was Nafissatou Thiam who went away with the gold medal as Ennis-Hill, reigning champion from London 2012, took silver.

It could go down as a lesson learned for Johnson-Thompson though.

She normally enters the long jump as her specialist event – but after her stunning display in Rio she could well opt to compete in the high jump too.

She shouldn’t be too disheartened though, as her career up to date has been very impressive.

She won the world junior championships in 2012 and then won silver at the world indoor championships in 2014.