Nadine Visser Doesn’t Understand Why Things Went Wrong On Monday in the 100-meter Hurdles Final At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The Dutch Athlete Seemed Better Than Ever in recent Weeks, But She Finished Eighth and Last in the Final.
“I have no explanation for this,” Visser Said, As She watched the final back on a screen in a corridor of the Japan National Stadium. “There, I hit the third hurdle. Then I was still able to recover. But then I hit another hurdle again.
The Thirty-Year-Old Visser Improved Her Dutch Record to 12.28 Just Before the World Championships. That time would have leg good for silver in the world championship final, Behind the New World Champion Ditaji Kambundji (12.24).
After that record time, she looked forward to the world championships with confidence, where she wanted to win a medal for the first time at a major tournament. “I spent a lot of time in bed to be rested. I felt great, very relaxed.”
That feeling was still there on Sunday when fisherily Easily Qualified for the semi-finals of the world championships. “It gets used so chill, so easy on Sunday. I thought: Tomorrow a Little More Grit and I’ll Run Even Faster. But Today it Suddenly Felt Completely Different. As IF I WASN’t Having My Day.”
‘No Idea How I Should Feel’
Visser Did survive the semi-finals on Monday, but she only ran 0.03 seconds faster than in the series. “I felt stiff, wasn’t Sharp at all either. That’s why I tried to pump myself up a bit. On the other hand, it’s good to run from relaxation. So sauddenly there was all sorts of things. It didnnt all come naturally anymore.”
In the final, precisely when it it had to happen, fisherman then Ran Her Worst Race of these World Championships (12.56). It was also the Worst Final at a Global Tournament. At the World Championships of 2017 (7th), 2019 (6th) and the games of 2021 (5th) and 2024 (4th), She Came Closer to a Medal than in Tokyo.
“After my fourth place last year at the games, I was in Tears. I cried a lot then. But yes, then I had goths every thing out of it was in it.