Breakdown in Linz
Tearful drama at the European Championships: “It’s terrible”
The players are in constant action at the European Table Tennis Championships. For Sweden's Christina Källberg, who even shed tears, the tight schedule in Linz was too much.
On Thursday, Källberg not only played two matches in quick succession, she also played a total of four matches in five hours (two in mixed, one in doubles and one in singles). After her defeat with Kristian Karlsson in the mixed quarter-finals, Källberg had to play Portugal's Ines Matos just a short time later. It was just enough for a 4:3 victory.
"I almost went into that match in tears," she told Swedish broadcaster SVT. Källberg harshly criticized the tight schedule to "Radiosporten": "It's terrible, there was hardly any time for lunch." The 24-year-old was completely exhausted after her program, threw her towel over her head and cried.
"It's tough, but that's table tennis"
Croatian tournament director Alen Ivancin defends himself. The reason for the tight schedule is that the European Championships will be decided in six days and not eight, as was the case recently in Munich. "I tried to arrange the schedule so that the players playing mixed doubles could at least play their next match later in the evening. But that wasn't possible this time. Three players had to play immediately after their mixed doubles match," explains Ivancin.
He opted for the youngest players - and therefore also Källberg. "It's tough, but that's table tennis," said the tournament boss.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Willkommen in unserer Community! Eingehende Beiträge werden geprüft und anschließend veröffentlicht. Bitte achten Sie auf Einhaltung unserer Netiquette und AGB. Für ausführliche Diskussionen steht Ihnen ebenso das krone.at-Forum zur Verfügung. Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.