THE Miltos Tedoglou secured qualification for the long final at the World Championships in dramatic fashion after needing a big performance on the final jump.
In his statements to ERT clarify how he was not afraid the possibility of being left out of the final, but considers the waste of energy he made in the run-up to the final a negative.
“I wasn’t worried, I’m a bit of a moron. I made a void and out of fear I wanted to make a valid one. Wanting to be sure, I stepped into my house, a foot behind. I wasn’t scared. Why should I do three jumps? The final is tomorrow, I don’t have time to rest“, he initially reported and added:
“I do it often in the qualifiers. The tartan is fantastic, top level. It’s morning too. All good, I qualified with the second performance, all good».
For the premises in Budapest, statement: “Not everything is the same, every stage is different, every race, even the temperatures. No match is ever the same as another, that’s why there are no favorites and no underdogs. Everything will be zero. The kid did 8.54 today and tomorrow from the start».
About the final, he said:He can do more, as I saw him. I’m counting on doing something there. I want to win a lot, but I don’t mind losing from a big jump. If we have a good race with nice jumps I don’t mind».
The always subversive Tedoglou then he asked the reporter for a…pausein order to see the jump of Wang who was competing at the time and commented: “Many athletes went to the third jump. It was a long fight. And Wang is among the favorites. It will be a nice final, I hope to be at my best»
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