 Meadows will face her rivals in Birmingham next weekend |
Jenny Meadows secured her World Indoor Championships 800m place on Sunday and admitted she would be disappointed not to win a medal in Doha next month.
Meadows led from start to finish in Sheffield at the World Trials and UK Championships for a new stadium record and her sixth national title.
"I'm hoping I can produce a good performance in Doha," she said.
"It's still a big ask, it's a global event, but I'd be gutted if I didn't win a medal."
Meadows, last year's World Championships bronze medallist, finished in two minutes 00.91 seconds - more than two seconds ahead of Liverpool's Vicky Griffiths, who also achieved the qualifying standard.
"I would have like to have run 1:59 but 2:00 on my own is quite good four weeks before Doha," added Meadows.
"I had no idea if I had a big gap or not so half of me was hanging back a little bit to make sure I had enough for the last 150m. I wish I would have pushed on a little bit more maybe but it's great how I felt at the end of that race.
"I wasn't really out of breath at all which was great to show I have a lot more in me. After Birmingham next weekend I'll have faced all my opponents in Doha and after that I will have three weeks to get it right.
"I'm one of the most experienced indoor runners but I've never particularly done myself justice so I want to walk off the track in Doha thinking I've done my best."
Helen Clitheroe, who has joined Meadows' training group this season, dominated her 1500m race to win in 4:13.90 and secure her place in Doha.
Kim Wall also achieved the qualifying standard in winning the 400m in 53.07 and 36-year-old Joice Maduaka clinched a sprint double winning the 200m in a season's best of 23.48 after Saturday's victory in the 60m.
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