by Larry Eder
“Yes,
it is little bit of nostalgia losing the world record. But I m happy
for Ashton, as I said already earlier after his great indoor marks he
was the one who could break it. Records are there to be broken. But it
lasted 11 years and that is still a great feeling. I was following it,
after his great pole vault it looked nearly clear he would do it. But
you never know, actually 13 points that is for example 1 cm in the high
jump, not that big margin. But let´s see whether he will be able to
improve it, he did four personal bests and that you cannot repeat
everyday. Ashton is fast and has also great endurance, that is not very
usual. We had in the past in decathlon fast sprinters/jumpers but they
did not had the endurance for the 1500 m. I think he is big favorite for
London gold and I feel sorry for my good friend Bryan Clay, I sent him a
message after what happened on Saturday. For me now the ultimate goal
is to achieve 8200 in Helsinki and so to qualify to London. I m feeling
good and will try for that. To have my last olympics.”
