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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThis time there are lots of things I can easily do to improve. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident I can get that down to near the ten-second mark in the next few months. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can do that then it will put me in perfect shape to run 20 flat in the 200m which will make me really competitive for the world stage and put me where I want to be in terms of qualifying for the Tokyo World Championships.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ferguson has thrived under the coaching of Olympian Richard Kilty but struggled with injury early in the season. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve made a very swift turnout in training. We stuck to the plan, I recovered and I put myself in a very good position.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the upcoming European Team Championships, Joe said: \u201cI have waited a couple of years for GB call-ups then two have come at once. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am really pleased to get another opportunity after doing a good job in China with the bronze medal. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want to bring some more hardware home and cement myself further in the relay squad. I think I have done a good job of that so far. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited to get out there and it\u2019s always an honour to pull on the GB kit. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will definitely be the favourites and the aim has to be to win. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re one of the powerhouse nations in Europe. It would be great to have a gold medal.\u201d <\/p>\n
Joe is hoping to finish this season competing at the World Championships individually and in the relay. He said: \u201cThe ideal situation would be going to Tokyo for the 200 and 4x100m. In the 200, I am still progressing but a medal might be a stretch at the moment. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn the relay we could really have a chance of a medal which would really propel my career forward. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRINTER Joe Ferguson is hoping for a gold medal with Great Britain at the European Team Championships this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[8002,748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-219960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-barnsley","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}