Sam Kendricks longed for home from Tokyo.

“I love you, Edwin, we will see soon.”

American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks33, a paper tag on the TV camera in the World Cup final was reflected in the world.

Swedish magazine Expressen asked From Kendricks, who the Edwin might be.

– Edwin is my son and I haven’t met her yet. He was born after I left Tokyo. Can you believe it, the man smiled in an interview.

He later posted a picture of a note on his own Instagram account.

Kendricks finished fourth in the season’s final 595 in the season.

He described the preparation for the race as a high -speed roller coaster, because at the same time they were close to the family and the birth of another child in the family.

– I’ve been fighting this all this time. My wife was waiting for our other child at the same time as I fought in the World Championships, tried to get to the finals and return home with the medal, said Kendrissks, who won two world championships in his career.

– But it is pale right now next to the relief I know.

Sam Kendricks got upset with his friend Armand Duplantis’s world record. In the picture, Emmanoil Karais, Greece, received the World Championship silver. EPA / AOP

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