– I didn’t know what happened – Paris 2024 Olympics

– I lie there and think that “this was fantastic”, and then I’m quite tired, but I think I still don’t fully understand what has happened. That’s what Markus Rooth says, who won a sensational Olympic gold in the decathlon on Saturday night. Shortly after the final 1500 meters was finished, and the gold was a fact, he received the following message: “Lie down on the running track”. Didn’t know what happened The 22-year-old understood nothing of the absurd message, but he lay down on the pitch with the flag over him and wondered what was going on. There was also teammate Sander Skotheim, who did not understand much more. news showed him the strange pictures after the race, out of pure curiosity about the reason: – Personally, I didn’t know what happened myself, so I was told to lie down there, says Skotheim, just as surprised as Rooth. – I felt we should take a picture, but I didn’t quite know where to look, so I just had to look straight up in the air, he further describes Skotheim. – How was it to lie at the top of the corner instead of in the middle at the front, like the other Norwegian did? – It’s clear it’s a bit awkward, admits the tennis champion, who helped Rooth to gold when he himself was out of the medal match. – Is not a much worse feeling than Skotheim, because he was in a very good position until the pole practice, but he did not get over the opening height. Thus he had to give up without a meaningful result, and plummeted down the results lists. – What is it like when you realize that it is not going to work, and you go from being in the medal position to being completely out of it? – There is not a much worse feeling than that right then and there, replies Skotheim, who celebrated his teammate’s gold lying on a purple running track in Paris. – What do you feel you are missing in that it could actually have been you who had stood there as Olympic champion? – I feel that we will continue to change the Norwegian record a bit. Hopefully it won’t stop at 8796. I’d rather bet on being the first to 9000. Published 03/08/2024, at 23.53 Updated 04.08.2024, at 00.07



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