Prescod ditches video consoles and fast-food apps as he seeks to bounce back from Olympic setback

Reece Prescod is satisfied he will lastly ship on his expertise after ditching his video consoles and fast-food apps.

The 26-year-old has been an infuriating enigma inside British athletics, having thus far failed to capitalise on his immense potential by way of a sequence of accidents and self-inflicted points, which included an aborted transfer to America earlier than turning up to final summer season’s Olympic trials eight kilograms obese.

He in the end bombed out of the Games in Tokyo with a false begin within the semi-finals, however is lastly displaying indicators of turning a nook forward of the nationwide championships, which begin in Manchester on Friday.

Reece Prescod let the strain get to him as he bombed out of the Games in Tokyo

His enhancing kind might be one of many key factors of curiosity over the weekend, not least as a result of he is closing in on Linford Christie’s British report of 9.88sec, with Prescod’s run of 9.93sec in Ostrava final month placing him No 4 on the all-time British listing. The hope is that it will not show to be yet one more false daybreak in his profession.

Prescod stated: ‘This 12 months is a rebrand. I’m beginning once more. I have a look at the rankings as being just like the Premier League. I’m like West Ham and I’m simply attempting to climb my method back to the No 1 spot within the UK. Then it is Champions League, competing in opposition to all the massive boys. I’m attempting to get back up to the place I used to be earlier than.’

He added: ‘I feel mentally I wasn’t in a superb place to even carry out on the Olympics. When I have a look at it, every part was type of simply going flawed prior to the Champs, prior to the entire 12 months, with accidents. I wasn’t prepared for the entire Olympic expertise and I feel I let all of the strain get the higher of me.

The 26-year-old enigma is satisfied he can lastly ship on his immense expertise

‘Once I got here back I had a sit down with my coach and put collectively a 3 or 4 12 months plan. You are on the backside of the pile, you may have to work your method up.

‘With the gaming, I had to ask myself why I used to be really enjoying it, if that is sensible? Was it as a result of I used to be really having fun with enjoying the sport, or was it as a result of I really simply was upset about every part that was happening – and simply needed to simply drown myself and simply play video games and eat meals and stuff like that? I used to be utilizing the PS5 to distract me. But I feel as soon as a PS5 went it freed up loads of time.

‘With my meals I used to be clearly utilizing Deliveroo and stuff like that. Now I’m having weekly weigh-ins, which is sweet. It’s simply each single space I’ve simply acquired to enhance slowly. Looking at it now, I’m 26 I’ve most likely acquired one other Olympic cycle to go. The expertise continues to be there. I’ve simply acquired to carry the most effective out myself.’