Porter counting down the days to London 2017
BySportsbeat
Published 16/06/2017 at 13:22 GMT
Hurdler Tiffany Porter insists there is no better place to compete than Great Britain as she prepares for the IAAF World Championships in London this August.
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Porter, who has dual British and American nationality, holds the 100m hurdles British record and became the first British woman to claim European gold in the event in 2014.
At last summer's Olympic Games in Rio, she was beaten by her younger sister Cindy, who missed out on bronze by just 0.02 seconds.
The 29-year-old now lives in Michigan, where she trains with her sister and is coached by her husband Jeff, but is relishing a return to British soil for the World Championships.
"I know I might be a bit biased but I think GB is second to none at putting on athletics events," she said.
"I think most people would agree that here in Britain we put on great meets and put on a great show.
"I really think that no one can compare, London 2017 is going to be
a very special event.
"I'm looking forward to it, I just want to make sure that I put myself in the best position to do well.
"As long as I'm fit and healthy, I feel the sky's the limit.
"I think [championships] bring out the best in me, it steps up my level of focus, and brings out a different side of me that is sometimes a bit hard to achieve in smaller races."
And as she sets her sights on success in London this summer, Porter admits she is loving life with her new training partner.
"I'm really enjoying our new training set up, having a training partner of her calibre is awesome," she said.
"It's an interesting dynamic now that we train together, we warm up together and do stuff together before the race.
"When the starter says 'on your marks', Cindy is just another competitor that I have to beat but when we cross the line she becomes my sister again!"
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