Angelica Bengtsson tore herself out on the second height in the pole vault final on Thursday.
After the competition, Bengtsson was close to crying.
- You feel bad, she said to Discovery, and told afterwards that she was not particularly eager to compete so much more in the future:
- I may well compete in the Swedish Championships for the club and in Finnkampen for Sweden ...
"Unnecessary for me"
The next big competition for pole vaulters in the world elite is Eugene's Diamond League competition, which will be decided next Saturday.
And she will not be part of it, she now tells SVT Sport.
- I know that I have not qualified for the final, so it will be unnecessary for me to run the Diamond League, she says.
Still disappointed
However, no decision has been made due to the Olympic disappointment.
- Eugene was never on the map.
It was not meant to be ladies there, I thought?
It then says it on the schedule. But maybe it's something they added late?
- Yes, they removed it in China, so maybe they added it then ...
The disappointment that Bengtsson felt after the Olympic final is still there, and the feelings are basically the same.
- Yes that's how it is.
It was sad that the heights were not so high, she says.
So now it's going to be a pretty quiet period for you?
- Yes, it will be.