More still to come from Katarina Johnson-Thompson

MORE TO COME: Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson poses with her Gold medal after winning the Women's Heptathlon. Pic: PA

New world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson must still up her game for Olympic glory, according to her coach Aston Moore.

The 30-year-old grabbed a stunning heptathlon gold at the World Championships to cap her comeback after an injury nightmare.

An Achilles tear in December 2020 threatened her career while a calf injury at the Tokyo Olympics forced her to withdraw after the first day.

Sunday's win in Budapest saw her regain the title she first won in 2019 after beating favourite Anna Hall.

Johnson-Thompson admitted pre-championships it could be her last heptathlon before next year's Paris Olympics and Moore believes the biggest challenge is to come.

"Nafi Thiam (Olympic champion) isn't here and you know Anna Hall is going to come back probably better than she has been right now, so Kat has still got to step her game up," he said.

"But the thing is this is just one of the steps on that journey of coming back. It's good that the comeback partially has brought about a world champion but we still have a fair way to go yet. She'll be one of the favourites but let's see what happens.

"This is Kat's moment back to, let's say, the top, where she's hunting for something. She's not a spectator.

"Last year she was in a really bad place for her, where she was just looking at other people picking up medals. This time she was actually hunting for one of those places. That changes your psyche.

"It's been a tough journey for her. I think a lot of people probably thought it wasn't possible for her to come back. But you never know what's possible until you've actually done it.

"And you might as well believe it's possible until you don't do it. She's actually proved a lot of people wrong."

Johnson-Thompson beat Hall by just 20 points after running a personal best of two minutes 5.63 seconds in the 800m to ensure the American did not snatch gold.

She also threw a personal best of 46.14m in the javelin and Moore believes Johnson-Thompson's quiet confidence was key.

He said: "I was almost in tears. It's just a fantastic performance. Especially the way it was done."