The Olympic Games
The incorrect disposal
The last single of his career racing Paul Biedermann tries once more, to finally get an Olympic medal. But the world record holder fails again. Now a last Chance for a Happy ending.
Loose, casual, almost disinterested Paul Biedermann shuffles into the Arena. Parking should be free, he sits on his starting block, and begins his training pants. Business-as-usual. His body language shows so much voltage like a Jell-o. Biedermann wouldn’t make this almost every Time before the Start so you would have to make a serious Worry about his Motivation. Then he gets on the Block, the falls start, and an eternity after all the other German jumps into the water. For the last Time in a single and is almost used to its residue to the beginning of the race.
A slow Finale, but Biedermann does not use the Chance
Just 200 meters freestyle ahead of him, and Biedermann is already relegated to last place. And also the first two tracks are not exactly exhilarating. Biedermann, who always needs something to start, can work only on square seven. The third track is a little better, but he is already too far. At the end of the force leave him, and he strikes as the Sixth. While a couple of cars cheers more Ex-dopers Sun Yang of China Gold, looks Biedermann at somewhat of a loss on the scoreboard. In a slow final Biedermann swims slowly, and is in this Moment, why he let this Chance unused. A few minutes later, he is still not smarter: “it’s a Pity, but that was all I was capable of,” he says with a very red head on the way in the locker room.
At the Start, as usual. But even then, Biedermann could not catch up.
“Of course it’s annoying when you see the times. But if I don’t swim the time I can’t annoy me really,” continues Biedermann, a day after his 30. Birthday actually wanted to make a belated gift. Because this race was his last Chance at an Olympic medal in a single. Biedermann, the suits in 2009 like no other of the so-called “Miracle” has benefited, suddenly fabulous times sponge, and even the great Michael Phelps defeated, looking back, actually, on an exceptional career as He collected four world titles, set five world records, was eleven Times Europe – and 33-Times German champion. And yet his career is considered to be incomplete. Because Olympic precious metal weighs in at in the Swim, just heavier than all the others.
The Chance to find a finish
Biedermann, the rattled as a child by the seahorses-examination, there is still a last Chance: With the 200-Meter freestyle relay, he draws on Tuesday in his last battle. “I think now about,” says Biedermann and disappears pretty quickly out through the back door. In the morning, he should choose another outlet.