Shara Proctor (coach: Rana Reider) broke the seven metre barrier for the first time in her career on her way to winning long jump silver at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
After edging her way through qualifying, Proctor found her range with two seven metre jumps in consecutive rounds. She jumped 7.07m on her third attempt saw the 26 year old add nine centimetres to her British record, before following up with 7.01m in the following round.
Only a world-leading 7.14m jump from USA's Tianna Bartoletta in the final round prevented Proctor from winning British Athletics' fourth gold medal of the championships. However, the British record holder was delighted to finally get amongst the medals at the fifth time of asking.
Proctor said: "I'm numb right now, I don't know what to feel, I am speechless. But I'm happy most of all. It's my fifth champs and I finally did it - I got on the podium.
"It's a silver medal but I still feel like a winner. It's been a long ride. I was on crutches last year at this time, I had to learn to walk and to learn to run and today I just put it all together and finally executed."
There was also a superb fifth for Lorraine Ugen (Shawn Jackson), who finished with a best of 6.85m, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Mike Holmes) ended in 11th place with 6.63m.
