I hope you guys realize how intense a competition is if you have never been in one.
I've followed all the hype about who was going to do what in Cyprus and nobody picked what really did happen.
It all comes down to the day and what you can do under the pressure of having hundreds of people around, from media to the judges sitting inches away from your face. Having them announce over the loud speaker, your name, counrty and announced performance, minutes away from your top time.
I watched Herbert do multiple 8:10+ statics and Timmo also do some in the 8:00 range and neither one got anywhere close. I have all the respect in the world for those guys and believe they are some of the top athletes.
It also goes for the women, they can do amzing numbers in training, but when it's game time very few can perform.
It happened to me, I was doing 7:00+ in training then on the day of the comp fell short, but I know what to expect. I get very nervous before every comp and I don't calm down until I hear the two minute count down start, then I force myself to focus. Then it's just do what I can do.
Anyway my $0.02
DSV
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