Watching the World Championships final wasn’t as painful as you might imagine for Steve Hooker, but it did fire him up for next year, the Olympic champion writes in his latest IAAF Online Diary.

“Watching the final of my event go on without me in Daegu was a funny experience, because I knew I wasn’t ready to be out there competing.

“It wasn’t as upsetting as you might think, because I knew that I wasn’t ready. Especially with the quality of the guys in the final – five at 5.85 - I don’t think I was in that shape. So it was nice being able to watch it, watch some guys who have been jumping well all year and some up-and-comers as well."

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