Kelsey-Lee Barber is a two-time world champion, but she had a nervous wait before making the final 12 in Budapest, alongside fellow Aussies Mackenzie Little and Kathryn Mitchell.
A reigning two-time world gold medallist, an athlete who has made a habit of wrenching unlikely victories from moments of despair, she had suddenly lost all control of the contest and could do nothing at all but let others decide her fate.
“I live for these occasions, today it really hurts my heart because I wasn’t able to perform when it mattered most. So on Wednesday morning in Budapest, it was reasonably assumed that, even if she was having a bad day, she’d produce a decent-enough throw when she needed it. Remember, this was only to qualify for the final, not to win a medal.But on this day Barber couldn’t do it off her own arm. Her best throw was 59.66 metres. It is a rare day when Barber throws three times and her best distance doesn’t start with a six.
“I have believed it for a long time [that the three-peat is possible]. Today was just a little bit of shaky ground, I still believe I am a competitor and a performer when it counts, and this is my arena on Friday night.” “I had pretty much stopped thinking about the world championships, and it was like ‘[let’s] start preparing for next year’.”
“The last three years has just been so f---ing hard, so it’s just been good to throw again,” she said, tears welling in her eyes.Reuters
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