Improvement expected: Australian Sally Pearson is hoping to improve on her fourth behind American Dawn Harper in Birmingham over the weekend but is confident she is on the right track. Source: SAMUEL KUBANI / AFP
Olympic champion Sally Pearson admits to being surprised at how relaxed she is about her injury-interrupted world championships campaign.
The 100m hurdles gold medallist will have just her third race for the year in Lausanne, Switzerland, tomorrow as she builds towards next month's world championships in Moscow.
Pearson, who won the world title in Daegu, South Korea in 2011, finished fourth behind American Dawn Harper in Birmingham over the weekend but is confident she is on the right track.
"I'm quite surprised how I am dealing with it this season," she said. "I thought I would be more anxious than what I am.
"I'm quite surprised how relaxed and happy I am. I think it's probably down to the fact I have won a world championships and I've won an Olympic Games.
"I'm pretty relaxed about that. If I was going for my first world title this year then I would probably be worried.
"I've done everything that a sport can ask for in an Olympic sport. All I want now is the world record but I think that might be asking a bit too much this year.
"I'm just being patient and I'm surprised by that because I'm not a very patient person when it comes to competition so I'm really proud with how I've been handling it.
"It would be nice to go out in these races and win them but at the same time I've had two injuries coming into this season so I think I'm doing quite well
"In Birmingham I was less than a 10th of a second behind Dawn Harper who won the race, so I think that was pretty good."
Pearson has added competitions in Europe to her program in an attempt to nail down her race rhythm in time for the defence of her title.
"I've got the speed, I've got the fitness but I've just got to get the racing fitness," she said. "I have to get used to the adrenalin, get used to the emotions that you have to have under control for racing.
"That's all part of it. It's definitely mental and about getting back to being in control. I think I've got all the attributes there but I've just got to put them back into a race."
Pearson is scheduled to clash with exciting American college champion Brianna Rollins, who clocked the third fastest time in history, 12.26sec, at last month's US trials, in Monaco in a fortnight.
"It's going to be interesting to see what shape she is in after racing the collegiate season as well as the US open trials," she said.
"It's going to get everyone on their toes again because we all know she has run 12.26 and is the fastest in the field. It's going to be really interesting to see how everyone handles it."
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