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Julius Yego has explained why he is satisfied with his performance at the Paris Olympic Games despite missing out on a medal.
Five-time African javelin champion Julius Yego is satisfied despite missing out on the podium at the Paris Olympics.
Yego qualified for the final after throwing 85.97m in the qualification stage. Going into the final, the Kenyan was charged up and ready for the battle but unfortunately fell short and finished fifth.
However, the result is not disappointing to the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist who plans to go back home and celebrate with his family. Yego noted that his journey to making it to the Paris Olympics has been nothing short of many challenges.
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Yego has struggled with injuries in the past and making the final at the Olympics is not something he takes for granted.
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“I expected it, I knew that I had to throw 90m to get a medal and you saw today, there was very tough competition. I think I enjoyed it, the best ever in my career. Somebody with 88.50m not even getting a bronze medal shows that the competition was really high and I expected, I was prepared for it. I gave my best and I don’t think I had a better throw than that,” Yego said.
“I’m going home a happy man and I should go and celebrate because in the last few months, I have achieved great milestones and it’s nice. I’m happy and I can’t complain,” he added.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games champion added that many fans expect results but are never aware of what athletes have to endure to make it to the top.
Yego says training techniques have changed and Kenya should adopt the new ones to bounce back to global stardom.
“I see many complaints back home about the performance but a lot has changed and we need to appreciate the effort,” he shared.
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“Training has changed and the approach to competition has really changed and we need to change ourselves and the mode of training. I did this alone and I’m happy, I will go home and celebrate with my family.”
Yego also lauded his competitors for putting in the work. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan claimed the top honours as India’s Neeraj Chopra came in second. Grenada’s Anderson Peters completed the podium in the tight competition.
“Congratulations to the winners and it’s the first time that we don’t have a European in the top three. This shows how javelin has changed and we have people from India, Pakistan and Peterson, who has always been there,” he said.
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