Olympics in Paris.
6th place.
So many emotions in my head still going on. It had been MASSIVE. What an event and what a success for our sport. I poured my heart into the preparation, I don't think I have ever been so focused in my life like in the last months before this event. I don't think I have ever been better prepared than this time. And I delivered a performance I can be happy about. It is bittersweet since it was not enough for that medal that I was dreaming about and that I wanted really badly.
I would love to congratulate all the participants in the Olympics, in both disciplines and both sexes. It is a BIG thing just to make it to the Olympics. Every sports event creates just one winner, just three medalists and many "losers", which is the merciless nature of the sport. I feel like the Olympic Games are even tougher as the competition itself feels so important to every single participant, and that "loss" has an even more bitter taste than any other competition. In our sport, where many of my generation did not really have a chance to compete at the Olympics during our late teens or early 20s, it feels even more bitter.
Obviously, it is also time to congratulate winners (Toby Roberts, Janja Garnbret, Alexandra Miroslaw and Leonardo Veddriq) and medalists Anraku Sorato, Jakob Schubert, Brooke Raboutou, Jessica Pilz, Wu Peng, Sam Watson, Deng Lijuan and Alexandra Kalucka.
I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me, who cheered for me, who sent me positive vibes. It feels awesome. And everyone who sent me nice messages or comments before or after the event. There are many people I would to thank more specifically, but I would like to do it in the following post. For now, the first one is my family: my wife, Iva and our son, Hugo. I would never set off on this path without you and your support, If you did not stand by me. And my parents, who introduced me to this sport and were there at the spot to cheer for me.
For now, let's have some rest and touch some non-plastic holds for a while.
Photos by Petr Chodura.
