The Spanish Ana furrierOlympic bronze medalist in triple jump and now eighth in the World Indoor Championships, stated that “sometimes you win and sometimes you lose”, and that her training partner, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojasgold with a new world record (15.74), “is here to jump more”.
“Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. I left everything on the track but we are not machines and sometimes we fail. I have had personal things that can affect you, but I have trained very well. Sometimes the pieces of the puzzle fit and others they don’t” , commented the Galician athlete.
furrier I knew that the medals were going to be above 14.70 and above red observed: “I train with her every day and I know she was up for the world record. It’s not something extraordinary for me, I know she can jump more, I’ve seen her make bigger jumps in training. I know how she pushes herself, how she works, it’s a great reference for me”.
“It has not been my best competition, but, as I always say, good things are celebrated and bad things are learned. It has not been my best day, I do not like to make excuses. We are not machines. One day you wake up worse, and that’s it,” he concluded.