THE four years [since the last Olympics] have gone by very quick. I’m looking forward to it now. Obviously I’ve got more experience now.
Up until 2015 I hadn’t been anywhere. My Olympic Games was the first major I’d ever been to. Luckily I took my chance and I did okay. It was more of an experience. Now I’ve done two World championships, the European championships, Commonwealth Games.
I’d been watching the Cuban, Yosbany Veitia, for years. He’s been around since 2012. Then I move up to 52kgs and I get drawn against him [at the 2019 World championships]. To beat a Cuban you’ve got to be rough with them. That’s what I tried to do and it worked out.