Tentoglou: "It could have gone much better if the match had been in the afternoon"
In the statements he made to ERT after the completion of the final, Tentoglou emphasized: "My match was a mess, not even my worst enemy to make a final in the morning. The worst. Very difficult, I really didn't feel like it. I was trying to activate myself. I was moving all the time, I had a good warm-up. I was trying to do my best in my jumps, but the performance just wasn't coming out. It was low eights, all right. A very bad match."
Referring to what he didn't like, he pointed out: “I've won this race before. The other guys here haven't won it again. They are young athletes, they are more "hungry" than me. I have to find an appetite, because I've done it before, I've won it all. And it's hard to find that appetite many times and especially when it's like this in the morning. I felt like I was in Panhellenic, in Balkan, it was a very strange match, I wasn't happy about it at all".
Regarding the gold medal, he emphasized that "I didn't care about the gold medal, but it could have gone much better if the race was in the afternoon", while when asked if he was satisfied with his level, he said: "I'm at a good level, this today was not representative. In the summer I will be stronger and I will also start the season early from Doha."
Regarding the three major events of this season and if he thought about managing, he emphasized that "some choose not to go to an event. I could do it too, but I don't like to lose matches, I like to go to everyone. And it goes without saying that I will be there at the Olympics and at the European Games and I will try for everything", while, referring to what he is keeping from today's final, he said: "That there were many Greeks in the stands and applauding. Nothing else. I fought really badly."
