I’m done, I don’t have it. However, Hedgehog continues and seeks the third Olympics

She has, feels good, and praises for her workouts. But he couldn’t bring it to the tournament for a while.

“I was serious about quitting. I thought the Olympics was lost and I didn’t have it anymore. Whenever you arrive and get in the first round, such thoughts will attack you. In addition, I was losing to the opponents I wouldn’t have loved, ”said Hedgehog. They said I was in a good position for qualifying and I had nothing to lose. Moreover, the vision of the third Olympics – who did it from the Czech judoists?Just Pavel Petřík in the eighties, nobody else. ”

The hedgehog, who will be thirty this year, is one of the most successful Czech judoists.

He has bronze medals from the European Championship, University Championship World Championships, European Championships to Twenty-Three Years and Junior…And Two Attendance at the Beijing and London Olympics.

Another success he would like to add in Kazan. In addition to valuable medals, he can also earn important points for the Olympic qualification. Rio de Janeiro is why he prolonged his career.

“Either I go to Brazil or not. I’m not stressing this, though, of course, if I look at the qualifying order after each tournament, ”said Hedgehog.

“Of course, if I didn’t get to the Olympics, I wouldn’t be happy to jump.Now it is that I either have a holiday by the end of the year, or I will look at the Olympics again and finish my career there. These are the only two possible paths now. ”

The Judist, who always drops at least seven kilos into his 73-kilogram weight class, is the last European Championship in Career. I don’t feel. I also said before London that this was my last Olympics. And you see – I’m still here. No, no, I don’t feel nostalgia. On the contrary, I just enjoy it. We have a great team in the representation. Of course, in Kazan, I would like to make a good result in order to celebrate, “said the Hedgehog.” And what will it be after the Olympics? I would like to follow the racing career as a coach.After all, I can do the best of Judo. ”