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From Ajla del Ponte (24) to Jason Joseph (21), the best Swiss athletes are shaking this summer, convincing with their best performances, but the only Swiss athlete who can carry an international medal in 2020 is Mujinga Kambundji (28). “Not bad, huh?” Says Bern’s wife laughing at BLICK.
Although he had to end the season prematurely in August due to injury, he will receive a bronze medal starting in 2017 on Tuesday at Bellinzona, where Del Ponte, Joseph and company want to finish off their strong year on the icing on the cake.
“Emotionally it is not the same”
Back then, the fastest woman in Switzerland ran to fourth place in the 60m at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. But because runner-up Olesia Povh (Ukr) went through a doping control and was suspended for four years, Kambundji fell to third place. And now that European Athletics has adjusted the ranking list, they finally get the bronze medal they deserve.
How great is the joy so much after? Kambundji: «Difficult to say. Sure, it’s a medal. But emotionally it’s not the same if you can’t get on the podium until two and a half years later. What is special about these successes are the moments after the finish line, when you are on the track, at the awards ceremony, when you can celebrate with your family. I haven’t seen any of that now. “
Fortunately, it is not Kambundji’s first medal at a European or World Championship, but the fourth. “It would be much worse if it were the medal that defines my career,” he says. “But it is not. In this sense, I can already hope.”
Two weeks vacation, then indoor season
She can expect a return to training soon. It should start again in October. “The objective is to be able to attack thoroughly again in the covered season.” Before that, two weeks of vacation are planned. Probably in the Swiss mountains. Long trips are not an option. “There you are comfortably on the go for once.” But it’s not that anyone is wrong, “he laughs.” I’m not the main hiker doing eight-hour hikes. the mountain. After all, I’m still a sprinter. “
