Fans of British athletics are justified in beginning to get very excited about the future prospects of heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
Britain has enjoyed an illustrious list of fine heptathletes over the years with reigning Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, 2004 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton and Denise Lewis - Olympic champion in Sydney, of course - to name three.
But now, with Ennis having announced that she is pregnant with her first child and absent from the whole of the 2014 season, it is her successor-in-waiting Johnson-Thompson who is making her own history.
Still just 21, KJT became the first woman since Mary Rand back in 1966 to win both the high jump and long jump titles at the British Indoor Championships this weekend.
The fact that it happened to be on Ennis-Hill's home track in Sheffield only made it all the more significant in terms of who is up next on the proverbial British heptathlon conveyor belt.
Setting new lifetime bests in both events was truly magnificent. No athlete has achieved that feat since Rand 48 years ago. Given that she was the 1964 Olympic long jump champion and the first to win an Olympic title, that's some company to have.
Remarkably Johnson-Thompson, who is now second on the list of all-time British Indoor female long jumpers with 6.75m to add to her British record of 1.96m in the high jump, did not even sleep properly the night before.
"It was definitely the best I could have imagined. I didn't sleep last night so I feel really tired and didn't expect to come out and do that," she said.
Only Shara Proctor has jumped further with her effort of 6.89m in 2012 than Johnson-Thompson as a British long jumper indoors.
As a multi-event athlete, for her to have clinched a stadium record in the long jump and the third-longest mark in the world this year was pretty extraordinary.
To put those marks into some context in terms of world athletics, both were good enough to ensure selection for the individual events at the World Indoor Championships in Poland next month.
Ennis-Hill, who will be back to challenge in earnest next season, was quick to recognise the achievements of her young understudy.
The Olympic champion also referenced Morgan Lake - the 16-year-old Brit who broke Carolina Kluft's World Indoor pentathlon youth record by setting personal bests in the high jump, shot put and 800m.
As fans of British athletics we can begin to get very excited about what the future holds for Johnson-Thompson ahead of the World Indoor pentathlon and the heptathlon at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
Despite the fact that Ennis-Hill is absent this season, there is still a potential world-beater who has the skills and talent to make a real impact on the international scene.
The future of British heptathlon is certainly in very good hands indeed.
By Dan Quarrell - on Twitter @Dan_Eurosport
Britain has enjoyed an illustrious list of fine heptathletes over the years with reigning Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, 2004 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton and Denise Lewis - Olympic champion in Sydney, of course - to name three.
But now, with Ennis having announced that she is pregnant with her first child and absent from the whole of the 2014 season, it is her successor-in-waiting Johnson-Thompson who is making her own history.
Still just 21, KJT became the first woman since Mary Rand back in 1966 to win both the high jump and long jump titles at the British Indoor Championships this weekend.
The fact that it happened to be on Ennis-Hill's home track in Sheffield only made it all the more significant in terms of who is up next on the proverbial British heptathlon conveyor belt.
Setting new lifetime bests in both events was truly magnificent. No athlete has achieved that feat since Rand 48 years ago. Given that she was the 1964 Olympic long jump champion and the first to win an Olympic title, that's some company to have.
Remarkably Johnson-Thompson, who is now second on the list of all-time British Indoor female long jumpers with 6.75m to add to her British record of 1.96m in the high jump, did not even sleep properly the night before.
"It was definitely the best I could have imagined. I didn't sleep last night so I feel really tired and didn't expect to come out and do that," she said.
"It gives me great confidence, even if I can't get to that standard I know I can get close to it and that's what it's about in pentathlon, being consistent."
Only Shara Proctor has jumped further with her effort of 6.89m in 2012 than Johnson-Thompson as a British long jumper indoors.
As a multi-event athlete, for her to have clinched a stadium record in the long jump and the third-longest mark in the world this year was pretty extraordinary.
To put those marks into some context in terms of world athletics, both were good enough to ensure selection for the individual events at the World Indoor Championships in Poland next month.
Ennis-Hill, who will be back to challenge in earnest next season, was quick to recognise the achievements of her young understudy.
Great to see such amazing performances from @JohnsonThompson & @morgan_a_lake this weekend! GB multi-eventers on fire :) #thatswhatilike
The Olympic champion also referenced Morgan Lake - the 16-year-old Brit who broke Carolina Kluft's World Indoor pentathlon youth record by setting personal bests in the high jump, shot put and 800m.
As fans of British athletics we can begin to get very excited about what the future holds for Johnson-Thompson ahead of the World Indoor pentathlon and the heptathlon at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
Despite the fact that Ennis-Hill is absent this season, there is still a potential world-beater who has the skills and talent to make a real impact on the international scene.
The future of British heptathlon is certainly in very good hands indeed.
By Dan Quarrell - on Twitter @Dan_Eurosport
