Lisa Dobriskey's silver medal made up for her disappointment at the Beijing Olympics

Lisa Dobriskey insisted she had no regrets despite missing out on World Championship 1500m gold by just one hundredth of a second in a controversial final.

Last year Dobriskey mistimed her finish in the Olympic final and was forced to settle for an agonising fourth.

This time around the Commonwealth champion, whose season has been overshadowed by injury, made no mistakes to earn an upgraded silver.
However, it could have been so much better.

Spain’s Natalia Rodriguez initially took gold but was rightly disqualified after she barged Ethiopia’s Gelete Burka to the ground with 200m to go.

Reigning champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal then just held off a fast-finishing Dobriskey by a thickness of a vest - and just one hundredth of a second - to claim second.

But Dobriskey refused to be downbeat, revealing she’d made her family and fiancé Ricky’s life a living hell since her Beijing near miss.

“I didn’t really want to be the silver medallist by default and I was happy to stick with the bronze,” said Dobriskey.

“It now means I missed the gold by a fraction – I don’t want to think about that. I’ve spent the whole of last year thinking ‘what if’ but I can honestly say there was nothing left in the tank here.

“I just could not finish fourth again because I’ve driven my fiancé and my family absolutely up the wall with the DVD from Beijing – and all the tears and tantrums.“There won’t be any more tears now.”

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