Unfinished business for heptathlete Niamh Emerson

British heptathlete Niamh Emerson, once hailed as a future world-beater after winning European indoor pentathlon silver in Glasgow in 2019 with a world-record teenage score of 4731 points, has seen her career derailed by years of injury and misfortune. At just 19, she had also claimed a world junior heptathlon title and Commonwealth bronze, prompting Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill to predict she would soon rival Katarina Johnson-Thompson. The article revisits Emerson's journey as she looks to finally fulfill her considerable early promise.