Stefanidis: “I have found fun again in sports”

Katerina Stefanidis emphasized the high goals she has for the World Championship, after her victory in the Panhellenic Championship.

The Olympic pole vaulter spoke about the changes that have helped her to enjoy competing again and emphasized that she could have achieved a greater performance in today’s competition.

In detail, what he said to the SEGAS camera:

For the victory in the Panhellenic: “Good day, the Panhellenic championship always has some difficulties for us, with the long wait. Nevertheless, I am lucky to be from a small country with good gymnasts and not to jump alone, even at the beginning of the race. Eleni also had a good fight and Nicole, who I think could have done a little more. I was fine, I had a very good effort at 73 and a… half a good effort.

I made a record of the year, little by little. I have changed my poles this year, we are trying something different, mainly because after 20+ years we wanted a change. They help me in some things, they hinder me in others, but I have found some fun in the sport again with this change with the poles. Like I feel like there’s a puzzle we need to solve. I enjoy every match.”

On whether today’s appearance was what he was looking for: “Sure, I said if I believed it a little more I would have passed it in 73. Before I leave Mitch comes down and tells me that if I had believed it I would have passed it. In other words, the same thing that I felt, he also saw from the outside. However, I have always had the bad feeling that I have to see it to believe it and then do it. Unfortunately I have only one race before the World Cup, but it doesn’t matter, slowly, at 30, 40, 60 now let’s go to London at 70 and do at the World Cup what we see in training that I’m ready to do” .