Team GB reveal their aspirations for Paris 2024

Laura Muir, Jake Wightman and Eilish McColgan give their thoughts on medal hopes ahead of Paris 2024

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00:00I think I just really want to go in and enjoy it as much as possible. I know when I'm relaxed

00:09and I enjoy it that I run at my best. So yeah, I'm just going to go into the Games in the

00:14best shape I've ever been in. I broke my British record a few weeks ago. So yeah, in a really

00:20good spot. So I'm just going to go in there and hopefully make it to the final smoothly.

00:24I think people always take for granted that you're going to be in the final, but that's

00:28very hard to do. So hopefully get there and then once I'm in the final, anything can happen.

00:32I think collectively it should be one of the best games we could have over athletics. I

00:37think it's a bit of a golden era at the moment and a lot of people shaping up to give the

00:41best performances they've ever had. Sadly, the state of global athletics is that it's

00:46probably in a bit of a golden era as well. So there's every event has some pretty tough

00:50competitors to beat. But if you were to look at all the British athletes that could medal

00:54and if they ended up doing that, then you could end up with a huge tally, not just of

00:58medals, but of goals as well, which is pretty exciting prospects for, especially for games

01:02that's so close to home.

01:03Personally, for me, I had a really tough year and a half coming into this championships.

01:09And yeah, just struggled with injury. So coming off the back of a knee injury and having six

01:14months of no running at all. So it's, yeah, it's not been easy for me. The biggest achievement

01:20in itself, to be honest, is making that start line, being part of this team.