Already during the Swedish Championships, Angelica Bengtsson tried to set a new Swedish record of 4.84 with a new pole.
Then as now she did not manage the height and in the last attempt she even had to interrupt as she did not get the rod down properly.
- I am very disappointed, says Angelica Bengtsson to SVT Sport and continues:
- It is with this pole that I was not friends with at the Swedish Championships.
I thought I would be today, but then the wind came in the last three steps so I did not have time to interrupt the approach.
I had five minutes on me so I could easily have stopped just like I did at 4.62, but I did not have time.
Instead, I burned my hands on the road and I got ... angry.
Noticeably disappointed
This rod is the stiffest she has and should make her take higher heights.
After the competition, she was noticeably disappointed when SVT Sport spoke to her.
- Last winter it worked but then I was stuck in the pole then.
It is this pole that makes me jump 4.90 and I want to give myself that chance.
I'm getting annoyed.
The competition was Angelica Bengtsson's last for the season.
- This whole season has been an emotional roller coaster with corona and stuff.
There are very many mental processes that I have gone through.
But with Lausanne (Diamond League) I got a lot of energy and gained hope.
Then when the competition floated so well today, I thought everything would come.
Of course I'm a little disappointed, but most of all I did not try last, she says.