"The head wants to continue but the body screams that I shouldn't"

The opening 100 meter race went gallantly.

11.17 in a weak headwind was only three hundredths off Fredrik Samuelsson's best of the year.

- I am very satisfied with that, it was a good start, says Samuelsson to SVT Sport.

But in the subsequent long jump it went significantly worse.

Samuelsson, who has a personal best of 7.81, only managed a best jump of 6.91.

- The length is very bad if you look at the result and compare it to my capacity, but unfortunately it is my rheumatic disease that causes it a little.

It's in the joints and tendon attachments, and during the long jump I felt both the hamstring and the hip, so I knew in advance that it wouldn't be around 7.60, but it's sad when it's such a bad result, of course, he says.

"It's sour"

Even in the shot put he was a bit off his personal best, but 14.18 was still a respectable result.

- The ball is stable, 14.18 is a decent result, but it's kind of sour, this disease comes and goes a bit in fits and starts.

Now I've beaten it for the past few months but I'm also starting to feel like it's starting to catch up with me again and it's very annoying.

What should you listen to?

The head wants to continue but the body screams that I shouldn't continue, but I want to fight on.

After three branches completed, Samuelsson is in 17th place overall with his 2,354 points.

Up to the leader, the Swiss Simon Ehammer, he has almost 500 points.