View from the track

"On the finish line I said 'was it me?' It's unbelievable. Oh, I had butterflies I can tell you. Never in my wildest dreams could I have thought of coming back after my ban as world champion."

"I've never been happier than this. I've been wearing this since I crossed the line. It means a lot to win today for the United States of America. I got it. But I didn't know how to celebrate because I had never been number one."

"When you show up, then you show up in great shape so I'm not surprised I won. I always want to be on top."

"It was very easy. I am a little tired, but in the next round I will be much better."

"It went as easy as possible - I have really high expectations for myself."

"My legs were just not attached to the rest of my body today, to be honest I did not sleep a wink last night and whether that had something to do with it I had no idea."

"I am very disappointed with that. I have had a good season and maybe I didn't realise how difficult it was to jump over eight metres and maybe I should have been more up for it and I fell into a bit of a rut. I am joint fifth in the world rankings and I have been beating these guys week in week out through out the season."