It has been a spectacular season for top Scottish athlete Eilidh Child.
The European 400m Hurdles champion was short-listed for the European Athlete of the year award as the only British female on the list of 12 and of course also won silver for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Child has now been talking to the governing body of the sport in Scotland about her 2014 season which included a British title win in Birmingham and a second place overall on the Diamond League.
Eilidh picks out a couple of highlights and talks about the pressures of being home favourite at the Commonwealth Games and outright event favourite at the European Champs in Zurich in August.
‘I was at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow seven years ago when it was announced as winning the bid to stage the Commonwealth Games so it was a long countdown!’ she said.
‘I did feel a huge sense of relief after winning the gold in Zurich because I was favourite for the event at the Europeans. I’ve been working with a sports psychologist since London 2012 and that helped me focus in the right way.
‘I kept saying ‘I can only do my best’ but in the end that is what happened I came off the track at Hampden and in Zurich satisfied that I’d done my best.’