Olympia 2018: Pechstein:”I’ll attack again in four years.”

Speed skater Claudia Pechstein has reaffirmed her wish to participate in the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing after a disappointing eighth place at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.

“I’ve tried, now I’ll attack again in four years,”said Pechstein at Eurosport.

It would be the eighth game for the most successful German winter Olympic athlete (five gold medals), and Pechstein would then celebrate her 50th birthday during the competitions. Birthday party.

“I tried to run evenly. That didn’t go well for long. Winning or dying – I was going to die,”said Pechstein about her performance in the Gangneung Oval:”I didn’t become last, so I can almost be happy again. Whether fourth, fifth or sixth is shit, medal or nothing.”