The newly baked four-time world champion Florian Wellbrock is looking forward to the pelvic competitions in Singapore after his sensational success in the open water.
“I have already had my expectations far, far exceeded,” said the 27-year-old in the “MDR” show “Sport in the East” and added: “No matter what happens in the pool, I go home as a winner and am now incredibly happy with my world championships.”
He does not have a precise goal for the outstanding race over 1500 m freestyle on August 2: “I just want to jump into the pelvis with a good feeling and have fun, meet my boys, a little chat,” said Wellbrock. In the next few days it was important to regenerate, “the last week was of course very, very exhausting”.
Wellbrock had secured gold over the ten and five kilometers, in the newly created knockout sprint and with the mixed relay, in over 30 degrees warm water from the island of Sentosa. With a view to his health in these temperatures, Wellbrock gave all -clear. “Overall, I feel great again,” said the Magdeburger. He was not “collapsed”, “but I already had a little problems with the circulation.”
Swimmer Wellbrock disappointed in Paris
In the past year, Wellbrock had experienced disappointing Olympic Games and had swim far after the medals in Paris. According to Singapore, he “did not get four medals at all at all – and certainly not four times gold, said Wellbrock. The fact that it still happened was” still hardly to be put into words “.
Born in Bremen, the Bremen native has already received numerous congratulations. “Magdeburg bombed me out with news – completely no matter whether it was from the FCM, the SCM and also of people who actually have nothing to do with sport,” he said: “There was an incredible amount of positive feedback from this sports crazy, that was incredibly beautiful.”