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Sayers, 26, made light work of qualifying for the Games by throwing 63.65metres to win the European Winter Throws Cup in Split, Croatia, on Saturday — her year's first serious competition. It was the second furthest she had ever thrown.

Gold standard: Goldie Sayers has qualified for Beijing after starting the season with success in Split

Deja vu for the woman from Ely in Cambridgeshire. She opened her summer season last year with a British record throw of 65.05m which, for a brief moment, made her No 1 in the world. Sayers' goal for last year was to throw 63m.

She had moved home to Ely from the High Performance Centre in Loughborough and asked former javelin thrower, Mark Roberson, a club-mate, to take charge of her coaching.

His success with her was immediate. She achieved the goal twice more after setting the British record but as in so many previous seasons it was never when it mattered internationally. At the world championships she failed even to make the final cut, finishing 18th. "I was erratic all year. I'd hit it right sometimes but not often enough and not when it counted," she said at the time in Osaka