Speaking earlier this month, Gill’s coach Deborah Steer said running three races in four days was always going to be a tough ask, because of her lack of experience at senior level.
But following her semi-final exit, the teenager said the tears on her face were “happy tears” because she had given it her all.
“I still did my usual routine, I was still watching the Gilmore Girls, doing my skin care, having a little relaxation, some videos, anything to take your mind off it. I came in here feeling ready, feeling relaxed,” she added.
“These girls are such pros and I’m honoured to be running alongside them. I really hope there are more of these to come because they are fun. I’m so elated, I’m on cloud nine.”
Dame Denise Lewis, Olympic heptathlon champion in Sydney in 2000, said Gill had handled the nerves well, had “not put a foot wrong” and there would be more opportunities for her in the future.
Lewis added: “It’s what happens at the Olympics, it’s just a learning process to get that sense of belonging and it really will come.”