Tomlinson hopes for Berlin medal

Tomlinson jumped 8.03m to secure gold at the UK Championships

Long jumper Chris Tomlinson believes he is showing the form in training that could bring him further medals at August's World Championships event.

Middlesbrough-born Tomlinson picked up gold at the UK Championships in Birmingham at the weekend, but feels he still has more to give in Berlin.

"I've had six jumps between 8.0-8.23m which is world-class and I feel I can go further," he told BBC Tees.

"Those distances I don't really want to say too much about at the moment."

The 27-year-old has bounced back well from an Achilles injury which ended his hopes of appearing at the Olympic Games in Bejing last summer.

And he admitted the pain of missing out on a genuine chance of claiming an Olympic medal continues to haunt him, despite his recovery and subsequent success.

"The distances that were first, second and third in the Olympics were the distances that I had been jumping, so effectively I could have been the champion, but I am not and I've got to move on.

"There's lots of times that I think about what could have been, but lots of people in life have those thoughts. I've got to look ahead and look to the future.

"I think in my late 20s I can start to take it on, there's no doubt about it, the season that I'm having is better than any I've had before, it's got consistency, it's got big jumps and it's beating the best guys in the world.

"I'm showing that you can develop at a later age, and when you're doing technical events like the long jump, triple jump, it takes a little bit longer to find your feet and what works for you."