The current crop of Brits is a good one, but other nations are strong. Realistically, nobody thought that likely. Getting into such a high-quality Olympic team is incredibly difficult because, with just two GB places available, a medal at these World Championships was the only sure way to do it. Since then Team GB has picked up medals at both Athens and Beijing. Women's modern pentathlon became an Olympic sport at Sydney 2000, where Steph Cook won gold for Britain. Mhairi Spence's wild world title celebration If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. "It's so cheesy, but it's true." With that, she collapses into the arms of the British performance director. My dream has come true." She gulps back sobs.
"I'm going to the Olympic Games! I can't believe it, I can't. Hauled off the floor by wide-eyed coaching staff, she is dragged, gurgling with "Oh-my-God" ecstasy, past a crowd of well-wishers until she finds some open space and words break through. Her emotions sit squarely on the surface even at the quietest of times but here in Italy, moments ago, she has won a world title and nobody needs to ask, "How do you feel?" Spence, 26, should top your list of athletes you'd pick to cross a finish line first. In a field outside Rome, after years of frustration, perspiration and pure hope on the fringes of the Olympic movement, she has taken a giant step towards her ultimate dream: a puppy named Donald. Mhairi Spence is drunk with elation, giddily staggering through admiring embraces, letting out cries of disbelief.
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