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Tedoglou: “I don’t like being famous, nor that everyone knows me”

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Confident that he could jump higher, he appeared Miltos Tedoglou in his statements after his victory in the Panhellenic championship of Volos.

The long distance Olympic champion made the cut for the Paris Olympics and looked in good shape ahead of the upcoming World Championships. However, as he emphasized speaking to the ERT camera, the jump that gave him the victory could have been longer.

He also spoke about the love of the world, stressing that “it is not my goal. I don’t like being too famous, I don’t like being known, I don’t like it.”

In detail, what he said:

About what made him the happiest in the games: “It was a good race, but I thought I could do a little more today, due to the nice conditions here in Volos. The other days the wind was very strong, but today it was very mild and it was all right for me, but I had technical mistakes for no reason and I was losing it myself. I lost a lot of performance myself. 38 is ok, it’s a season best”.

As for whether such performances are on the plan at this point in the season: “It’s in the plan, but the fight I’m doing now has nothing to do with the one I’m going to do at the world championships. The World Cup is still a long time away. I have a way of putting my energy into the fight I have to and giving it my all. Today I wasn’t ready to give it my all. But I’m kind of loosely trying to make a big performance. That’s kind of how I go about racing now. I try while I am relaxed and put in a lot of training, to do a good performance. It’s very difficult to achieve it, I’m not comfortable and relaxed.. Today 38, I messed up the landing a little bit, it could have been 45, the best performance in the world. I lost it myself. And in another jump, at 23, I stepped too far back.”

On whether winning the World Championship is extra motivation: “Of course it’s my big goal. I try to go there and be myself, be strong, have a good fight, fight a good fight. This matters. I may not win, but at least I want to put up a good fight. Not to lose it myself, because I wasn’t ready, to lose it because the other person was better, but not because I was stupid. I don’t like that.”

For the love of the world: “I do not know what to say. I get their love, but it’s not my goal. I don’t like to be very famous, I don’t like to be known, I don’t like it. Nor to be a role model.”

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