'Where did you falter this year? — Grant Holloway on how his analysis of Tokyo performance led to his gold heroics in Paris

110m hurdles champion has revealed how an in-depth analysis of his silver medal performance at the Tokyo Olympics proved catalytic to his achievements in the French capital.

Olympic champion was the only crown missing from the hurdler’s resume. But a blistering run in Paris saw him take his place on the top step of the podium.

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Holloway, reflecting his milestone, Holloway said he had to tweak his tactics after coming second in Tokyo. This he said took him three years before finally getting the winning formula to lay his hands on the most prestigious medal any athlete always dreams of.

The said he had to analyse what he perceived to be his weaknesses. «From Tokyo Olympics, I had to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘Where did you falter this year?’ And the weight room was a big area where I felt like I could have been way stronger and way better, so I made some changes in there,” the 26-year-old told .

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However, it wasn’t just the physical side of things that Holloway made changes, it was also on the mental side of his preparations. “I used to not travel with therapists, now everywhere I go I have three good therapists that travel with me and I have one of them at every meeting,” he said, before later adding: “The biggest thing when you get to major championships, you got to get there healthy and you got to get there happy, and everything else is going to take care of itself.”