Portugal’s Leandro Ramos admitted on Friday that he had left the javelin event of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in frustration, scoring 74.03 meters 15th in group A of qualifying.
In his second participation in the World Cups, the Benfica pitcher expected to be in the final, ahead of the top 12 of the two pools or whoever went over 83 yards.
“This year I leave even more frustrated. Last year it was my first World Cup, this year it was my second, I felt better, I was better prepared. There are more experienced athletes who tell me that it is like this: some days’ You’re up there and others are down here, and when you’re down, you appreciate when you get there”he claimed.
Leandro Ramos, 22, placed 22nd in Oregon2022, with 77.34 meters, in Portugal’s ever debut in the discipline at World Cups, after setting the national record of 84.78 in May last year.
“I expected to be in the final, last year I couldn’t qualify. This year I thought so, because I feel good, because I feel like I can throw more than 80 meters and my coach says that I can throw to a personal game.” record, but it failed. I made some technical mistakes, that’s why those gauges didn’t work out”he explained.
Born in Oliveira do Bairro, the athlete assured that he was at his peak, so he plans to continue competing for Portugal’s Olympic debut in the javelin throw until mid-September.
“This World Cup can awaken something in me, to do something great, like qualifying directly for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. [fixada em 85,50 metros]. I think I can do that this year, I just need to find the right evidence.”warned.
At the National Athletics Center in the Hungarian capital, Leandro Ramos, the only Portuguese in the competition on the seventh day of the World Cups, started with a throw of 66.02, improved to the final mark of 74.03 and ended his participation with 73.55.
“It has nothing to do with what I wanted. I was good physically and psychologically, I broke personal records in training. I did everything very well, it didn’t happen for some reason, I didn’t.” You know what. Well, sometimes the technique and my way of competing can change a bit. But it is what it is, and next year we’ll be here”he underlined.
Neeraj Chopra, the first Indian Olympic champion in athletics, in Tokyo 2020, ranked second in the world, was the only Group A thrower to overcome the 83-meter direct qualification for the final, scheduled for Sunday, at 8:15 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m.) . 00h) 15 in Lisbon), with 88.77.
Source: DN
