Long-distance running’s supermum attempts to reach the Tokyo Olympics

Jo Pavey tells Tom Harle about her attempts to qualify for a sixth Olympics in Tokyo, when she will be 47

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Hopping among bamboo sticks, getting splattered in paint and running on a treadmill in the garden shed aren’t features of a normal Olympic campaign.

But these aren’t normal times and with her heart still set on attempting to qualify for a sixth Olympics in Tokyo when she will be 47, Jo Pavey left normal behind some time ago.

Long-distance running’s supermum plans to seek a spot at next year’s postponed Olympics, where she would be the 11th track & field athlete to compete at six Games and the second Brit after Tessa Sanderson.