An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.

A world championship medal on the road is something that I'm missing from my CV.

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record.

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

I've won a world championship, I know how that feels. I don't know how it feels to win a gold medal. I want to feel that; I want to know that.

No world championship has been easy for me.