Balen voor Eline Berings, uitgeschakeld op duizenden: "Dit is gewoon rot"

Dat is ontiegelijk weinig. "Ik had gewoon sneller moeten lopen, maar dit is rot. De competitie is extreem sterk en ik had een beetje last van de warmte, maar dat mag geen excuuse zijn. Er is maar één nummer op dit EK waarbij het niveau zo hoog is."

Berings begon uitstekend, maar viel in het tweede deel terug. Ze miste nipt de eerste drie en moest daarna hopen op de beste verliezende tijden. Dat lukte dus net niet.

Final without me ???this sport is so great, But also so hard sometimes ... pic.twitter.com/KKSsUxzl4A

— Eline Berings (@ElineBerings) August 9, 2018

Geklopt door de warmte vandaag... en door een TOP veld. 5 duizendsten........ ??????

— Eline Berings (@ElineBerings) August 9, 2018

 

What to say about yesterday... Let’s start with my last 3 years. After 2 ACL Injuries in 2 years, I came back, made it to the world championships in London 2017, continued to fight and made it to top 16 at world indoors in Birmingham. After that I continued the hard work and ran the best season I EVER HAD. I ran 8 times under 13 seconds and topped with 12”72. I came to the European champs ranked 5th place. And I sure was ready. But this event is hard, there is no room for mistakes or bad days and there are so many strong competitors. But that was exactly what I had. A bad day. The heat got to me and I had not enough power in my legs. But there is no second chance here, and the competition is so strong. So I missed out the final by 5 thousands of a second. Still can’t believe that. But when I look back to what I had to overcome to be here and still having almost no support and need to work in sometimes very difficult and demotivating conditions, I can only walk away from here with pride. So I Will. I will need some time to get over this disappointment, but I Will. I rise, and when I fall, I’ll rise again. Sports is about medals but also about achieving personal excellence and I did that this summer and I will continue to strive for that! Thanks for all the support and great messages. Means a lot to me!

Een bericht gedeeld door Eline Berings (@elineberings) op 9 Aug 2018 om 10:35 (PDT)