Katarina Johnson-Thompson overjoyed with silver medal at World Indoor Championships

Published: March 10 2014 | 03:00

Last updated: March 13 2014 | 10:14

Katarina Johnson-Thompson says that she is overjoyed with her silver medal-winning performance in the long jump at the World Indoor Championships.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has said that she is delighted to have won the silver medal in the long jump at the World Indoor Championships.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain poses with her silver medal in the Women's Long Jump Final during the medal ceremony on day three of the IAAF World Indoor Championships at Ergo Arena on March 9, 2014 © Getty Images

The 21-year-old finished second behind France's Eloyse Lesueur with a personal best of 6.81m.

"I can't believe I won my first medal in an event not my own," BBC Sport quotes the Briton as saying.

"It feels incredible. I came here with no expectations. I was winning at one point, but Lesueur was the best today. I couldn't respond to her 6.85m.

"I'm still very much a pentathlete-heptathlete. The heptathlon is what I want to concentrate on in the summer. The Commonwealth Games is my main focus and hopefully I'll do the long jump or high jump at the Europeans."

Serbia's Ivana Spanovic won the bronze medal.