It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
Being recognised by Guinness World Records in their 60th year is a real honour. It's also a real privilege for me to be positioned beside such sporting greats.
It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.
With athletics, you put all that training in for only two major championships a year and the Olympics every four years. So when you get on top of the podium, it is relief and excitement and... Oh! it has all been worthwhile... the hard work, the sacrifices.
To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.
Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.
It's extremely exciting to be part of a world premiere here at Arena.
When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.
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