In a pair of kayaks Sebastian with Tamara Silver Medalist Dora Alida Gazo According to their success and Bob Noemi, Sarah Vogt The secret to their double bronze medal is that they fight for each other. He also said that at the finish line he was happier with the other duo's third place than he was.
“Tammy is having hysteria, it's a right-wing headwind. When we got to the start, I said to him, 'Don't be afraid, I'll keep you!' He nodded and I could see that he calmed down,” and he revived the start.
“I remember a lot of the track where there was a black spot around me and I could see the back of Tammy. And in the last 50, I saw the Gentiles coming, and I said to myself, Oh my God, I have to go, because they are coming!
Suddenly we entered and I asked how many there were and they said they were the third. By God, I was happier with him than with myself.
“So the four of us are a very good team and we did it for each other, the four of us fought and it paid off!” he said.
Five-time Olympic medalist Tamara Sebes said she woke up very tired in the morning, and then was in a very pessimistic mood.
“This is the kind of competition, you’re in an emotional rollercoaster, you were happy yesterday, then the next task comes and you have to pay attention to it. I woke up in the morning and felt like everything was hurting. Of course, I’m used to feeling tired, but it’s hard to mentally handle the fact that it’s a competition and I’m basically smart,” he added. After they reached the finish line, he immediately saw that they had won the silver medal.
When we walked in and I looked around, I said, wow, this is second place.
After the final, the German and Hungarian duo waited on the platform for long minutes, and when the final result came out, a tie for third place, they hugged each other happily. On the other hand, Noemi Popp pointed out that she learned that they came in third place, which the others received with a big laugh:
“I definitely saw ourselves in third place and showed people that I thought it was two medals. Then when it was first announced that we were fourth, it was pretty bad. But if someone had described it to me three months ago as a medal and a points place, I would have signed it. But it's better to come in third.”
“It was very difficult for me to fall asleep, although it would have been better if I had dreamt that we were going to finish third, because then I wouldn’t have been so nervous. We wanted that more than anyone else!” said Sarah Vogt.
“Our hearts and our mutual trust are what got us to the finish line,” Noemi Popp added. “What we've done since last year's World Cup, I don't think anyone in their right mind would know that.”
“This schedule makes it very small,” said Tamara Sebes, who will be in the water in the middle singles race on Saturday after the fours and doubles, and hopefully also the finals.
“In Tokyo, it was a relaxing day, a final day, preliminaries, finals, and now we have all the preliminaries in two days, and there is a final all the time. So the days are very long, even though we only go into the water twice, and then there is a doping test, a press conference, and you have to go down to take it off, so it is very long. It is also mentally tiring because I cannot go to bed and relax straight away. “That is when the adrenaline kicks in, your mind spins,” he explained, explaining how he faces the triple workload. He mentioned in his mind that tomorrow would be his last start in the world competition, as the others immediately started protesting that he could not stop because of the fourth.
It's not over until it's over
Noemi Pope announced.
Popp, Voit, Sebes and Jazso won the bronze medal in the quad on Thursday.
