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After capturing lifetime bests in the 100m hurdles, high jump and 200m to establish herself as a medal contender on Friday, O’Connor faced adversity on Saturday when she injured her knee during the long jump. <\/p>\n
The injury restricted her to just one practice throw before the javelin.<\/p>\n
However, she used “a lot of positive thoughts” to overcome the pain barrier and post a personal best 53.06m throw before securing silver with an 800m PB of two minutes, 9.56 seconds.<\/p>\n
Her 6,714-point haul was enough to finish behind American gold medallist Anna Hall and ahead of Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson and American Taliyah Brooks, who shared bronze.<\/p>\n
“Today was a really tough day, I actually hurt my knee during the long jump so the last two event were a bit like ‘put your head down and see what happens’,” she added. <\/p>\n
“I’ve a great team around me that fill me with confidence and let me know what I’ve been doing in training day in, day out. I took one practice throw before that javelin competition and I just had to believe I could do it. <\/p>\n
“I’m a competitor. I was always going to fight until the very end and I’m just so happy with myself that I managed to do it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n