Οι δηλώσεις λένε πολλά......

Ekaterina KARSTEN-KHODOTOVITCH (BLR) “I saw that the Czech girl went out fast with Bulgaria following her. I was trying to keep my strength for the whole race and to have enough energy for the final sprint. I did what I could. Rumyana (Neykova) was losing all season and far behind, and if she could win here then she is stronger. I never thought that Michelle (Guerette) would come second.”

Μετάφραση: Πως με κέρδισε η π...........??? Δεν μπορώ να το χωνέψω. Είναι σαφές όμως το υπονοούμενο που αφήνω. Και η άλλη πως ήρθε δεύτερη? Γαμώτο, δεν ξέρω να χάνω!

Olaf TUFTE (NOR) “It was a hard race and for a while I thought I had lost it, but today I did not want to lose. I did this for my team and my family. After this I’m going to go home and get married.”
Μετάφραση: Μπροστά στην κρεμάλα που με περιμένει στα φιορδ, ο αγώνας ήταν παιχνιδάκι για μένα!!!:-))

Ondrej SYNEK (CZE) “It was good but very different...”
Μετάφραση: ??????????????????????????????????????

Drew GINN (AUS)
The Semifinal was the hardest race because I didn’t know if I could cope with the pain and then the Final. But the rhythm of the final race was perfect and made it easy to follow. We had a few hairy moments at the start of the week and haven’t rowed, apart from during the races. In the Final, I was protecting my back and my right leg wasn’t functioning properly, but I tried not to think about it.”

Σχόλιο: Εδώ δεν χωράει χιούμορ, δηλώσεις από έναν τεράστιο αθλητή και όχι τόσο διάσημο όσο άλλοι μεγάλοι. Η φράση με τα έντονα γράμματα τα λέει όλα. Σας προτείνω να επισκεφθείτε το ιστολόγιό του.

Scott FRANDSEN (CAN)
“We are very happy with the silver medal today; we’ve definitely won a silver, not lost a gold. We had nothing left so it would be stupid not to be happy with silver.”

Nathan TWADDLE (NZL)
“For the last four years we’ve put everything into this and really wanted a medal. We were confident and don’t think we panicked. We tried to go with the others, keep calm and keep driving. We pushed very hard and are happy. We’re disappointed we are not up with the other two crews we thought we were competitive with. It shows that World Championships success is difficult to transfer into Olympic success. We can learn from this - the sun will still rise tomorrow.”

Σχόλιο: Η χαρά του αθλητισμού σε όλο της το μεγαλείο. Συγκρίνετε τις δηλώσεις με αυτές της Κάρστεν.

Georgina & Caroline EVERS-SWINDELL (NZL)
“We can’t believe it right now. It was not our best start, but we got steady, kept the rhythm going and knew we were in with a chance. It probably looked pretty ugly. When we crossed the line we had no idea we’d won; we saw the Germans looking happy so thought they were first. We’ve had to wait since our heat on Tuesday for this race but we’ve done that before – it’s all part of rowing and part of the mental preparation. As for the future we don’t know. We’re just going to get our medals now.”

Μετάφραση: Τι έγινε ρε παιδιά? Πω, πω, 'ξώφαλτσα πέρασε!!!

Steve WILLIAMS (GBR) “With 200m to go we had a sniff of it; our 10 strokes to the end must have been very ugly – it was beyond skills. Primeval! All credit to Australia who are a high quality crew.”

Σχόλιο: Ένα ακόμη δείγμα υγιούς ανταγωνισμού και αθλητικού πνεύματος!


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