2024-07-11 22:12:36
The two-time Olympic vice-champion decathlete suffered a thigh injury during the Paris Olympics and is at risk of missing out on the Games.
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He began a race once morest time. After suffering a thigh injury during the Paris meeting on Sunday, decathlon world record holder and two-time Olympic vice-champion Kevin Mayer hopes to continue to believe in the Olympics, which runs from July 26 to August 11. “Knowing there’s almost no chance”“, he said at a press conference on Thursday, July 11.
The 32-year-old athlete fell during the 110m hurdles on Sunday. “There is obvious damage to the left hamstring” This severely damaged its competitiveness on the purple track of the Stade de France.
Can you tell us a little bit regarding your daily routine since Sunday?
Kevin Mayer : I won’t spend a second doing nothing. (Sunday) I felt great, finally had a perfect silhouette, I had no pain and I was hurdling without any worries. I never thought it would explode. It took me a day to understand what was happening to me, it was very difficult, and now I spend my life in a hyperbaric chamber (to facilitate recovery, editor’s note), and when I’m not there I have electrical stimulation day and night, So that it will heal.
There are still three weeks until the first day of the Olympic decathlon on August 2. What state of mind are you in?
I’m not going to hide it from you, given the severity of the injury, it’s going to be very, very difficult. But I can’t spend time wondering if it will ever pass, I try to have the best vibes and stay positive. I felt strong and determined to get there because I knew there was little chance, which was a strange emotion. I cried for two days but nothing since then. I have no right to give up now. No matter how serious my injury is, no matter what happens in the next few days, I will do everything I can to complete the 100 meters (the first event of the decathlon, editor’s note) and then be able to complete the length, etc., I will do my best All you can. I have no regrets because if it exploded there, it would explode in the Olympics.
Are you considering quitting before the decathlon starts?
If they think it’s really too dangerous to go there and it’s really going to worsen (the harm), that will be decided by the medical community based on the MRI. It’s a decathlon, so you can’t do it half-heartedly. If there is no chance of that happening…I would trust medical advice to decide.
What do you think of the Olympics now?
There, I lived day following day, and I didn’t allow myself to think regarding the Olympics. I told myself I would be lucky to be there, and even if I wasn’t there, as long as the people I loved were there and they loved me, it wouldn’t matter. I can’t keep doing this, if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. If I don’t make it to the Olympics, people will talk regarding it, but it’s not the end and I don’t want to stop following 2024.
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