That is a former British record and ranks her third on the all-time British lists behind double World, double Commonwealth Games champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Olympic, three-time World and European champion Jessica Ennis-Hill.

After a poor performance in the high jump, clearing only 1.75m,[5] some way off her personal best, Lewis was in eighth place, 152 points behind Barber who had increased her lead.

A strong run by Natalya Roshchupkina moved her from sixth position to second, pushing Lewis into third place.

In the final event, the 800 metres, Lewis ran with the lower part of her left leg bandaged due to a calf and Achilles tendon injury, aiming to stay close enough to the race leaders to maintain her points advantage.

[5] At the 2004 Olympics, Lewis was suffering from a number of injuries and withdrew from the competition after the long jump.

[21][22] With Dame Kelly Holmes, Christine Ohuruogu and Paula Radcliffe, Lewis enjoys acclamation as one of the "golden girls" of British athletics and, in 1998 and 2000, was runner-up in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

[31] Outside of her sports achievements, Lewis was included in the 2019 edition of the Powerlist, ranking the 100 most influential Black Britons.

[32] Since 2009, Lewis has acted as a pundit for BBC Sport's athletics coverage and she has covered major live events including the 2009 World Athletics Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2016 Summer Olympics.

In July 2015, she co-hosted Right on the Money, a daytime series on BBC One, alongside Dominic Littlewood.

From 22 July 2011, Lewis hosted children's reality television show Camp Orange.

She is a presenter of the BBC's Secret Britain (series 3 onwards) which introduced lesser-known aspects of the British countryside.

She was partnered with professional dancer Ian Waite and, in the first few weeks scored the highest number of points from the judges.

She then appeared on the 2016 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, partnered with Anton du Beke.