The Portuguese Leandro Ramos admitted this Friday having frustratedly abandoned the javelin throw competition of the World Athletics Championships, in Budapest, with the mark of 74.03 meters, the 15th in Group A of the classification.
In his second participation in the World Cups, the Benfica pitcher hoped to be in the final, for the first 12 of the two groups or whoever exceeds 83 meters.
“This year I come out even more frustrated. Last year was my first World Cup, this year was my second, I felt better, I was better prepared. There are athletes with more experience who tell me that it is like this: some days “You are at the top and others down here. And when you’re down, you value being up there,” he said.
Leandro Ramos, 22, was 22nd in Oregon 2022, with 77.34 meters, in Portugal’s debut in the discipline at a World Cup, after setting the national record of 84.78 in May last year.
“I was hoping to be in the final, last year I didn’t qualify. This year I thought yes, because I feel good, because I feel like I can throw more than 80 meters and my coach says I can shoot personal distance.” record, but things have not turned out. I’ve been making some technical mistakes, that’s why they haven’t left those gauges,” he explained.
The athlete, born in Oliveira do Bairro, assured that he is in his best form, which is why he intends to continue competing until mid-September, to fight for the Portuguese’s Olympic debut in the javelin throw.
“This World Cup can awaken something in me, do something big, like qualifying directly for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [fixada em 85,50 metros]. I think I’m capable of doing it this year, I just have to find the right evidence.”
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, began with a throw of 66.02, improved to a final mark of 74.03 and ended his participation with 73.55.
“It has nothing to do with what I wanted. I was fine physically and psychologically, I’ve been breaking personal records in training. I’ve been doing everything very well, it didn’t happen for some reason, I don’t.” “You know what. Well, sometimes the technique and my way of being in the competition can change a bit. But it is what it is and next year we will be here,” he stressed.
Neeraj Chopra, the first Indian Olympic athletics champion in Tokyo 2020, runner-up in the world, was the only thrower in Group A to exceed 83 meters of direct qualification for the final, scheduled for Sunday at 8:15 p.m. local time (19 :fifteen). 00h) 15 in Lisbon), with 88.77.
Source: TSF
