Eugene. A simple qualifying leap and beyond – just like at the Olympics.
Now Khedi Sania is hoping she can handle terminal nerves better than last year.
Thighs swelled and my mental trainer concluded it was mental illness, she said.
Take Sanneh It turned out to be a really steep qualifying jump. At the Olympics, she made the best jump of the year with a 6.76 in the first jump, and here at WC, the second longest jump of the year, 6.78, came right into the first qualifying round.
But no medals were awarded in the playoffs. At the Olympics, Khadi’s final ended with just three jumps as her 6.68 was enough for a ninth place finish.
At the time, Sanya didn’t seem too disappointed, but now she’s revealing how her thoughts overcame her inside the Olympic stadium.
At the Olympics it was very mental, and I was in good shape there too. I remember jumping 6.90 times as much as I wanted in pre-camp and then jumping really well there in qualifying, but in the finals my mind was just spinning.
‘It’s about not thinking’
– I didn’t understand what happened. I could feel my thighs swell and that never happens unless I run intermittently. But my mental trainer concluded that it had to do with mental matters. So this is something we are working on. Tomorrow no one knows how it will happen, I will just try to keep calm, she says.
Do you have any strategies you use?
No, it’s probably mostly about not thinking too much, focusing on the little details I’ve worked on in my leap through the year and being confident that I have the ability. I know I’ve jumped really well here before.
“Set the clock and cheer!”
The long jump final will be decided in parallel with the Mondo Duplante pole vault final. Khadi hopes to create a good atmosphere in which to be attracted.
– How much fun. We jumped at a number of indoor competitions at the same time this year, and you can take some of that energy he shares with you and use it to your advantage. It would be funny!
It has a request for the Swedish people:
– Just set the clock and cheer up from home! It will be very fun.
The long final begins at 02.50 Swedish time, at which time the pole vault lasted about 30 minutes.