Ståhl slept for an hour after the gold: "Been well all night"

SVT Sports Lotta Fahlberg met discus master Daniel Ståhl and his coach Vesteinn Hafsteinsson in a hotel lobby in Doha early in the morning. There wasn't much sleep after yesterday's World Cup gold.

- I feel fine, have slept for an hour, have been well at night. It was a fantastic day yesterday and I have received sms and friends have called. It's been fun, says Ståhl with a big smile.

It has been a long journey to the gold for the 27-year-old.

- There are many thoughts that emerge. My coach Hafsteinn told me in 2011 that I could become a world champion if I listened to him and I have believed that all along. It has been an incredible support from coaches and friends and it has been an amazing journey so far. When it was clear, I immediately exploded and ran out there and did some hedging on the straight stretch. It was wonderful, Ståhl ponders about the emotional turmoil that came just before Karsten Warholm's 400m hurdles win.

He looked taken throughout the finals and victory score 67.59 is one of Ståhl's worst scores this fantastic season. There was no defilement against the gold at all.

- I was really nervous about the torment. I was more relaxed during the finals and my only aim was the gold. It is a little different seat to be world-class and you get more pressure on yourself I could handle it well and have a psychologist in Sweden's Olympic committee and also got a lot of help from Vesteinn.

Coach Hafsteinsson, who coached from the stand, had tears in his eyes when the gold was clear.

- It was quite difficult. At the World Cup it is about winning and Daniel would win and he deserved to win. I don't think people understand how difficult it is to become a world leader and then win a World Cup. It is incredibly difficult when you have the press on. I'm happy with 67.59 anyway because it gave him a gold, says the Icelander who was quite critical during the competition and called Ståhl's effort "bad".

Hafsteinsson did not manage to see the last five throws - when everything was decided.

- It took this really hard. I am not a superior but just an ordinary man. I went out when there were five throws left and followed it via results on the mobile. I didn't want to see the others throw far. Then I came in when it was finished. Then it dropped a little for me, says the 58-year-old.

Ståhl led but was pressed and the competitors were closer than usual.

- I had full focus on the technology ready to counter if anyone would respond. I was prepared if Weisshaidinger or Dacres would go far and wide. I totally ignored their cast and just concentrated on myself. After Dacre's last throw I was a world champion and then I thought I should throw further in the last throw and it became 67.05 and it was wonderful, says Ståhl.

Now Ståhl belongs to the exclusive club of Swedish men's world champions in athletics.

"It's legendary," Ståhl exclaims.

Hafsteinsson also enjoys and is impressed.

- Patrik Sjöberg, Christian Olsson and now Daniel Ståhl. It is fantastic, the first gold a thrower in Sweden takes in modern times. It took eight years. It is a very long time and then suddenly the gold comes. We have said that Daniel will take the world record and it is very honorable to be in that club, says Hafsteinsson.

The next major championship, the Tokyo Olympics, is only ten months away.

- This is a kick. Now it is the Olympics next year and I will start training again at the end of October. Now I'm going to get some rest then it's just in and honk and run again, rounds Ståhl.