Der Olympia Thread Paris 2024

    Nico Goyard über seinen Olympia Auftriit:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C-QAQekoGqj/…Whqd2pjMHZhMjMy

    "I am okay ?


    Not the Games I expected… I came here ready, technically, physically… But the more I think about it, the more I realise that I’ve not been driven enough by the Games themselves.

    The journey have been amazing, developing our amazing @iqfoilclass, getting qualified for France, training harder than ever for 6 months with an amazing team around me.

    But, and that’s a big BUT, what have driven me the whole time was the journey in itself, the evolution, the planning, the analysis.

    So when the Games were about to start, I was ready, as a technical, physical athlete, but the mind was off… Or at least not enough « ON ».

    Then during that regatta, we faced so many management mistakes from race committee, disregarding the sailors, coaches experience. So many examples showing unprofessionalism from WS.

    Even though I know it shouldn’t have affected me in my racing, I got disgusted race after race by how things were run. To the point where I disconnected, I didn’t want to push, didn’t want to race.

    Of course, I am proud of what we did in our class, and to see it being mistreated in that way… It hurts me more than I wish it did.


    So yeah, I gave up on the most important competition in the world… Because the values that are driving me to compete and push my 100% were (in my eyes) not there.


    I am disappointed, sad and sorry not to have anticipated that… Sorry to have been working so hard, and to have made a whole team working so hard, for in the end such a poor result…


    I need some time to step back, and decide what to focus on next.

    I’ll surely go for another campaign, but I’ll have to work on it from a different approach.


    I want sailing to be great, and what WS have done that past week was everything but great. It is time to change things in the way the sailing world is run ✊


    I want to congratulate all my fellow competitors with whom we’ve all been training so hard. It was a pleasure to experience that with all of you ❤️


    Thank you to all the support messages I’ve received for the past 2 weeks, thank you all ?

    "

    Ich habe nur das medal race der Herren gesehen. Für mich völlig unbegreiflich, warum der Start abgebrochen wurde, 15 Minuten nichts passierte, und dann doch alle drei wieder starten durften. Keinerlei Kommunikation an den interessierten Zuschauer. Daher kann ich den Kommentar über das race committee nachvollziehen...