Jayne Nisbet will go for a unique double in the Scottish Indoor National Track and Field Championships in Glasgow on Saturday to jump-start her bid to reach next year\u2019s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old from Edinburgh plans to compete in both the high jump and triple jump at the Kelvin Hall event as she continues her comeback following a year in which injuries forced her to skip the entire season.<\/p>\n
It left the former national champion to watch the Commonwealth Games from the outside and to re-assess her entire approach to athletics. However after a positive return at this month\u2019s UK Championships, where she finished fifth behind Jessica Ennis, the revamped Nisbet feels ready to make a push into contention for London 2012.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel in front of where I was before,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m stronger physically and mentally. I\u2019m just a better athlete now than I ever had been. I want it more now. When everyone was in Delhi, I was training my ass off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI work as a personal trainer most of the time but I can fit my training around it. I took a lot of time to evaluate what I needed to be a better athlete: lifestyle-wise, nutrition, what would make me strong. I now realise how my body works whereas when I was younger and more na\u00efve, I\u2019d just push on. The past year\u2019s been a good learning curve.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the high jump, she faces stiff competition from young rival Emma Nuttall who has already achieved the European Under-20 Qualifying standard this season. While in her new event, the triple jump, Nisbet is looking for signs that her daily sessions at Loughborough are paying off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still really getting used to it,\u201d she admitted. \u201cBut it\u2019s an event I feel I can do well in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Gemma Werrett \u2013 who equalled the Scottish 60m hurdles record when taking bronze in the UK Championships – will bid to break her native mark of 8.50 seconds. Another UK bronze medallist, Jade Nimmo, starts as favourite in the long jump.<\/p>\n
Fast-improving Eilish McColgan, who took silver at the UK Championships, goes in the 1500m while her training partners in Dundee, Sarah Kelly and Jenny Tan clash over 800m.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s high jump sees David Smith, who improved his lifetime best this year to 2.17m, goes head to head with Ray Bobrownicki who cleared 2.22m last weekend in Sheffield.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s pole vault is also set to be a close competition between Commonwealth Games athlete Richard Hurren and Gregor MacLean who has improved significantly this year with 5.11m.<\/p>\n
The Scottish Indoor Championships starts at 10am on Saturday February 23. Entry is \u00a32.<\/p>\n