Britain's 400m hurdler Dai Greene believes that performing in front of a home crowd can help him pip Javier Culson to a gold medal at this summer's Olympic Games in London.
Puerto Rican runner Culson is considered the strong favourite to claim the top prize in the English capital next week, having finished ahead of Greene in all three of the pair's races this year.
However, Greene is confident that a partisan home support will put Culson off his stride.
"There is nothing worse than running up the home straight knowing you are going to get caught by someone and I know that Javier is going to be thinking, is he coming? I can hear him coming," Greene told Team GB's official website. "It's going to be a very stressful situation for him to be in at the front. Hopefully he'll feel a bit of pressure at the end.
"It's easy to chase I guess. When I come into the home straight everyone seems to disappear behind me, that gives me strength and I think 'Yes, I'm running well, people are dropping back'.
"I see the crowd as a massive positive for me. [Culson] is someone who fades at the end of the race, it's a horrible feeling when you've hit the wall and are going backwards.
"I think people understand how I run my race and it makes a great race for neutrals. He's the fastest over the first five hurdles and I'm fastest over the last five. It's a good balance. As long as I'm within a couple of metres of him I think I'll have him over the last 100m."
Greene was recently confirmed as the Team GB athletics captain.
