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Australian Olympian Tori West says she is “dumbfounded” at her performance in Paris which, by her own admission, was poor. West finished 20th out of 21 finishers in the women’s heptathlon with a score of 5848 points. Two athletes didn’t finish the event, which is comprised of seven track and field disciplines, meaning the only other competitor below the Australian was America’s Chari Hawkins. The gold medallist Nafissatou Thiam finished 1032 points ahead on 6880.
“After securing qualification in June I put together the best training block of my career in Poland. Completely focused with time off work in an elite training environment. “Two weeks ago I ticked all the major boxes and hitting ridiculous PBs across the board. “However, somewhere in the taper process I failed to recognise the energy impact of such a big season, travel and event magnitude.” West ran a personal best time of 13.
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