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In the Group A selection, the Vilnius resident conducted three tests, but none of them was enough to satisfy the athlete who made his Olympic debut and his coaches.
79.5 m, 81.24 m and 80.13 m. – numbers that left Lithuania behind the finish line. In group A, E. Matusevičius finished ninth, and in the end finished fourteenth out of 32 participants. 86 cm separated Lithuania from the final.
“It just came to our attention then. I was hoping for a much better final and result, but didn’t make it. The first attempt was unsuccessful, but I felt the need to adjust the throw a bit and that spear would fly a lot further. Still, it did not work ”, the athlete did not hide his resentment.
In Tokyo, E. Matusevičius walked away from his best result this season, which reached 85.53.
Lithuania’s personal record is even stronger (89.17).
Photo by Scanpix / Edis Matusevičius
It can only be remembered that just over a week before the start of these Olympic Games, E. Matusevičius was still guided by the clutches of the coronavirus.
Although E. Matusevičius had been vaccinated with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, it was still dark when the test came back positive shortly before the start of the most important season.
During this period, the athlete lost 3-4 kg. and he did not hide that he had lost a lot of energy and received a severe psychological blow.
However, after the Olympic debut, E. Matusevičius was unwilling to look back.
“I felt completely recovered physically and did not feel any significant consequences. Still, self-isolation took over. Those two weeks without serious sports weren’t good. Maybe it had some effect, but now it is not an excuse ”, said the athlete.
He made no secret of the fact that the focus is now on the three-year Olympics in Paris.
“It just came to our knowledge then. In Tokyo, I was disappointed in myself. Athletes do not come here to participate, but to set goals and want to reach the final and take the highest possible place,” the athlete did not hide.
The group Neeraj Chopra (86.65), the Finn Lassi Etelatalo (84.50) and the German Johannes Vetter (85.64) won direct tickets to the final of Group A, Arshad Nadeem (85.16) from Pakistan, Jakub Vadlejch (84.93) from the Czech Republic and Julian from Germany 84.41).
12 of the 32 top-performing athletes made it to the finals.
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