LONG JUMPER Jazmin Sawyers’s video blogs are a worthy reminder that for each elated athlete about to float down the Seine at this summer’s Olympic Opening Ceremony, there are plenty of others whose dreams have been cruelly crushed.

In April, the 30-year-old 2023 European indoor champion, who represented Team GB at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, announced she had ruptured the Achilles on her right take-off leg, forcing her to miss the Paris 2024 Games and kick-starting an agonising four-year wait for another chance at a first Olympic medal.

Sawyers has since turned to Instagram, where she is documenting her recovery journey and providing a candid account of a process she hopes will provide fellow athletes a realistic glimpse into both the highs and lows of bouncing back.