Athletics - Golden London run has triumphant Pearson eyeing Tokyo


Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Women's 100 Metres Hurdles Final - London Stadium, London, Britain – August 12, 2017. Sally Pearson of Australia reacts after winning the final. REUTERS/Phil Noble

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Sally Pearson will reward herself with "volumes" of greasy food after winning her second 100 metres hurdles world championship but plans to keep herself in top shape in the long-term for a tilt at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Pearson's brilliant win at the London Stadium on Saturday capped two years of injury heartbreak and made her Australia's most decorated track athlete of the modern era.

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