HEPTATHLETE Katarina Johnson Thompson jumped higher than any other woman at the Olympic Games but didn't win a medal because she didn't enter the high jump competition.

GETTY OH NO: Johnson-Thompson could have won a high jump gold medal

The 23-year-old jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon event – a centimetre better than high jump gold medallist Ruth Beitia. The Spaniard became the oldest champion in a jumping event with 1.97m on Saturday night. And it’s a win that will no doubt frustrate the young Liverpudlian because she could be coming away from Rio with a gold medal.

GETTY IMPRESSIVE: Johnson-Thompson recorded the highest women's jump of the Games

GETTY DELIGHTED: If only she knew quite how good it was

Olympics 2016: Team GB Winners The Team GB Olympic medals winners, from Rio 2016 1 / 60 Getty Images Mo Farah became only the second man to retain the 5,000m and 10,000m titles as he triumphed in both events in Rio winning GOLD