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Offenburg (dpa) - Olympic favorite Johannes Vetter starts his first international javelin competition of this season with a first corona vaccination.
“I have someone close to me who needs care and whom I see more often.
I'm very grateful that it went so quickly for me, and I'm looking forward to the second vaccination, ”said the 2017 world champion of the German Press Agency.
For Vetter, the European Thrower Cup on Saturday in Split / Croatia is the first form test on the way to the Summer Games in Tokyo and the gold medal that is being sought.
The 28-year-old Offenburg was the most outstanding javelin thrower in the world in 2020 with his German record of 97.76 meters.
In September in Poland he came within 72 centimeters of the 1996 world record set by the Czech Jan Zelezny.
"I had no side effects except for a bit of a heavy arm," said Vetter after the first vaccination a few days ago.
“I hope that as a fully vaccinated person, certain travel restrictions and test obligations will no longer apply.
That makes things a lot easier. "
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Because of the risk of infection, he and his coach Boris Obergföll, who is also the national coach, did not attend a training camp in Belek / Turkey and prepared in Offenburg. “Now I want to develop my form through the competitions, the competitions are the best training. Have fun, enjoy and try to go hunting now, ”he explained.
Despite the global debates about the Summer Games, he said he had “a good feeling” about Tokyo: “There will be other games, but they will still be the Olympic Games, and that's what counts.
We have the Olympic Games and I want to win the gold medal, that's the focus. "
In the pandemic, he got used to coming to terms with regulations and provisions.
“I'm there to compete.
Much is expected of me.
I have a certain goal myself and that's what I concentrate on, ”said Vetter.
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