With a long jump best of 6.81 metres, she is a genuine contender for a medal.
At last year's world championships, such a leap would have secured silver. Yet if Proctor comes up trumps in London, it will be the Union Flag that is raised in her honour, not that of her home nation. As a British overseas territory, Anguilla is not allowed to participate in the Olympics in its own right. Hence, in order to fulfil her own ambitions, Proctor had little option but to assert her right to UK citizenship two years ago and sign up for the cause.
