The Catalan athlete did not make it to the final, but she is ambitious about the future
He thinks he could have improved the times: “I haven’t done my best race,” said Gallego
The Barcelona Sarah Gallego, who said goodbye in semifinals of Eugene World Championships of the 400 meters hurdlessaid that the balance of their participation is “very positive” and that “competing with the best and feeling that she is with them” is something that leaves her satisfied.
Making his debut at the world athletics championships, he said goodbye to the track at Hayward Field in Eugene with a mark of 54.49 which gave him fifth place in his series, insufficient to qualify for times. She was thirteenth in the ranking of entrants and her goal in Eugene was to endorse her new status by competing with the best in her first World Championship.
Athlete Statements
“The balance is very positive. We went to the semifinals, which is something I had in mind and wanted to achieve. I am aware that it was very difficult to get into the final, it was very complicated, because I also had one of the worst semifinals. In the first I seen that the big classification has been passed at 54.70, a mark worse than the one I have made, which makes me think that I have the option other years. I will work very hard to achieve what could not be”Gallego said, at the end of his test.
“I am happy. This year I have taken a significant leap in level and competing with the best and feeling that I am with them is something that leaves me satisfied. I have not done my best race, there are small details to polish, but I’m not very used to running with people better than me,” she said.
To progress you must train with the best
“Next year I will have to go abroad because I need that extra experience. Facing Munich (August European Championship) I am going to compete with people of a high level, it is our main objective and we will try to be in the final and we are going to fight for it”, he concluded.