Eager for “make rhythm “ As she indicated the day before, Nafi Thiam took the start of the final of the 100 m hurdles shortly after 4:00 p.m. in the first corridor, she was not at the end of the final, cutting her effort after having crossed the first obstacle.
Do not worry, however. “”I missed my departure, I was a bit far from the first hedge and I was afraid of simply falling. Now is not the time to take risks “explains Nafi, who had “heavy legs “ And had taken this day “as a training “.
“I said it yesterday, I felt that it had been a long time since I had made a complete momentum at length, I used muscles that I had not used for a whilesmiles the interested party. When I got up this Sunday morning, I told myself that it would be a training today. Especially for hedges, I lacked aggressiveness, I was emptied. I would have liked to do this second race, because it is always better than a training session, but when I felt that I was too far from the obstacle, I decided not to take a risk. “
It is the big favorite, Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck, co-director of the Belgian record of the discipline, which won in the final in 13.30 (-1,8). She had signed a time of 13.16 (-1,4) in the first series.
Nafi Thiam at the 2028 Olympic Games? For his coach Michael van der Plaetsen, “everything remains open”!
