BBC commentator fights back tears as she pays emotional tribute to Katarina Johnson-Thompson after Olympics silver medal

KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON’S near miss for gold sparked a tearful tribute from a BBC pundit.

KJT’s training partner Jazmin Sawyers choked up after seeing the Liverpudlian take heptathlon silver at Paris 2024 behind three-time Olympic winner Nafi Thiam.

AlamyKatarina Johnson-Thompson picked up her first Olympic medal and fell just TWO SECONDS short of heptathlon gold after her best-ever 800m[/caption] PAJohnson-Thompson dug deep but had to settle for silver[/caption]

Johnson-Thompson...