{"id":1212,"date":"2011-07-26T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T06:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaco.diamondleague.com\/2011\/07\/26\/press-conference\/"},"modified":"2011-07-26T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T06:14:00","slug":"press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaco.diamondleague.com\/en\/press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Conference ! !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PEARSON<\/span>
<\/span>\u00ab I\u2019m running for the 4th<\/sup><\/span>time here in Monaco. I\u2019m running 4 races in Europe this year, this is my 3rd<\/sup>. During the Australian Championship ending in April, I built a lot of strength and speed, I\u2019m in good shape, I ran my personal best this year winning the Australian national record and the world leading time. I\u2019m training to be at top of my shape for the World Championship at Daegu, all these events are too see where I am for Daegu.\u201d<\/p>\n

WELLS
\u201c I\u2019m expecting a wonderful race, there is a great field, I\u2019m going for the win. As I was injured in 2009 it has been a hard work to come back to the high level. You have to learn again how to cross hurdles and trust your body which takes a lot of time. I started performing<\/span>indoor this year and now it\u2019s getting better and better outdoor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

KLISHINA
\u201c This is my first time in Monaco but I\u2019m not a newcomer anymore, I\u2019ve been performing to many meets and events. I won the second best world mark during the European Championship U23 last week. My long term goal is to perform to many events and remain injury free so I can make it to the London Olympics in 2012. I\u2019m looking forward to doing my best tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

IDOWU
\u201c I feel great, I\u2019m having a really good season. I hope with the good conditions I will jump further. It is a shame for Tamgho not to be here and at the World Championship, having him around pushes me to jump further and is great for the competition. I never heard of El Sheryf before his performance at the European Championship U23 last week but I\u2019m sure tomorrow he will make the surprise. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

EL SHERYF
\u201c My Surname comes from Soudan as my father was born in Soudan, I started long jump at 15 years old. Speaking of my new personal best that I won this year (17m72) it was not a surprise even though my personal best before this competition was 16m92, I was expecting this performance, I\u2019ve been training for this result for the past three years. I always believed in this record. I am obviously nervous but really excited to perform tomorrow in this meet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

FELIX
\u201c I\u2019m really happy to be back in Monaco this year, I love this great weather ! I\u2019m excited to run again, the training is going well, I\u2019m doing some heavy training right now. I hope a good performance, I am working on running the curve as I have a lot of improvement to do in this part of the race. The 200m is my favorite distance, perfect for me, my body like this race. Monaco will be my last race before Daegu because after this meet I will be going for a last heavy cycle of training and it will be hard to compete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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SOUMARE
\u201c Je suis tr\u00e8s heureuse de courir une nouvelle fois au meeting de Monaco, j\u2019avais couru en 2008 pour le relais 4x100m avant P\u00e9kin. Sur 200m, contrairement a Allyson, c\u2019est la ligne droite qui me pose soucis, mon virage est assez bon. Je ne me soucis pas pour descendre sous les 23\u2019\u2019, ca arrive doucement mais surement. Je me pr\u00e9pare essentiellement pour les championnats de France \u00e9lite o\u00f9 je cours le relais 4x100m, le 100m et enfin le 200m. Je me sens bien, mon tendon va mieux, je me suis bien<\/span><\/span>repos\u00e9 donc on verra demain.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

HOOKER
\u2018\u2019My last competition was in October 2010 for the commonwealth games in Australia. I haven\u2019t miss much as the conditions during the last meets were really bad, it was actually nice to watch them on the couch ! As my knee was injured I had to do a long build up, spent a lot of time pushing weights at the gym and running so I can say that I\u2019m definitely good with running and strength. It\u2019s hard to say how high I can go but I generally start with a good competition. I will be in better shape in Daegu than in Berlin for sure, maybe not 100% physically but 100% mentally and totally committed.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

LAVILLENIE
\u201c C\u2019est un plaisir d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 Monaco, c\u2019est un tr\u00e8s jolie stade et il y a un gros plateau. J\u2019esp\u00e8re de bonnes conditions pour pouvoir sauter haut contrairement aux derniers meetings o\u00f9 les conditions ne permettaient pas de r\u00e9aliser une performance. Ma forme est de mieux en mieux, je m\u2019entraine \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieure depuis le mois d\u2019Avril pour m\u2019habituer aux conditions qui peuvent parfois \u00eatre difficiles. Je n\u2019ai pas encore concr\u00e9tis\u00e9 vu les conditions d\u00e9favorables. En ce qui concerne Steve HOOKER, j\u2019attendais ce moment de le retrouver, on va enfin pouvoir se jauger.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

BOLT
\u2018\u2019 I\u2019m getting better every day, I never run at the Monaco meeting before but I know that it is a very fast track so I should run in a good time. I am not stressed, I want to run as I\u2019m running at the trainings. This will be my last 100m before the World Championship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

LEMAITRE
\u201c J\u2019\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s d\u00e9\u00e7u du meeting de Paris, surtout pour le chrono mais ce sont des choses qui arrivent, maintenant il faut se tourner vers demain. Depuis Paris, je me suis remis \u00e0 l\u2019entrainement car l\u2019enchainement des meetings ne me permettait pas de m\u2019entrainer correctement. J\u2019ai fait quelques s\u00e9ances assez dures pour me remettre d\u2019aplomb, cela peut \u00eatre bon pour demain. Je suis conscient que meilleur sera la place, meilleur sera le chrono. Je devrais arriver en forme pour Daegu o\u00f9 je vise une place dans le top 5 sur 100m et 200m.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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