Tentoglou: “I was sick for 10 days, my power fell, I was stunned – don’t stop believing in me”

O Miltos Tentoglou He failed to do so in his final length at the Nanjing Closed World Championships, finishing 5th and stayed out of the medal pedestal.

Speaking to ERT’s camera after the final, the Greek champion said that people should not stop believing in him and said he would be ready for the World Open Championships.

He referred to the problems he faced in the past, being sick for 10 days, which resulted in his power falling, stunning and … looking for his footsteps.

He noted that since he had participated in a previous event, today he may have started from his first jump from 8.40.

“I felt good, I could write good performance, the others didn’t jump much, but he lost the last jump. It was for 8.50, but I lost the push for a point and the landing was not good. I was 10 days ill, my strength fell, I hadn’t done a lot of workouts, I was stunned. But I was fighting it, but it wasn’t about it »he said first.

“If I didn’t get sick and went to the European, if I did 8.15 in the European for example, you know after you come here what you would do, now I went one and a half shoe back, I was trying to find my time, I knew I wanted space, but I didn’t know how much. I was trying to find it here because it’s not something we do in training, if I did a race before, now I would find it and in the first jump I would make 8.40 »continued.

Asked about the hard surface of the court and if it is better than the European track championship noted that “These stages, super hard, are for great performance if you are ready. If you are not, one does not go. The race had a good average, but the performance was not great for this stage, someone who is ready here jumps 8.50 for sure. “

For checking the valve before the final began replied: “This valve is one of the ones that do not slip, I wanted to be sure not to be afraid of making it invalid. In the others if you slip, if you do invalid. They are the first invalid I do this year, the other invalid I was on purpose. “

For his opponents: “I was expecting to jump better. I applauded them because the race was going to be good, so many people 8.20 had a long time. ”

Finally, for the continuation of the season he stressed: “In the open I’ll be ready. I know I have to find a good condition in the open to set a national record. We’re on the right track. Don’t stop believing in me. ”