DARYLL'S ON FAST TRACK FOR GLORY

Sprinter now training in US with world's best

- ALAN SMITH

DARYLL NEITA emerged from last summer's Paris cauldron proud but aware that she needed to change.

Fourth in the 100m - denied a medal by 4/100ths of a second - and fifth in the 200m, she was more convinced than ever that a major individual medal was in reach.

And while she won 4x100m relay silver, the overall Olympic experience was “bittersweet”.

So Neita packed her bags and bought a one-way ticket to Florida and a spot on legendary coach Lance Brauman's roster.

Within days she was working alongside men’s 100m Olympic champ Noah Lyles and the Australian teen prodigy Gout Gout (right).

And from so often being the nearly woman, Neita now feels certain that career-altering success is within reach.

“I was so locked in in Paris that I was not leaving without an individual medal” she said. “That was what I promised myself and then I left without the individual medal.