Emma Green Tregaro created considerable attention in the qualifying round at the World Championships in Moscow when she painted her nails in rainbow colours as a statement against Russia\u2019s \u201canti-gay\u201d law. She finished 5th in the final with a Swedish world best of 1.97, the same height reached by the bronze medal winners.
\u2013 I took the commotion in my stride and was satisfied with my 5th place which was after all a year\u2019s best. I\u2019m in good shape and hope to jump even higher at DN Galan, said Emma.<\/p>\n
\u2028Gold which wasn\u2019t to be<\/strong> \u2028A beautiful voice on the podium<\/strong> The surprise winner at the World Championships, Svetlana Shkolina is also optimistic. Photos (Foto: Deca Text & Bild)\u2028 There were plenty smiles at the DN Galan press conference when Emma Green Tregaro, Brigetta...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockholm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Russia\u2019s, Anna Chicherova, won at both the 2011 World Championships 2012 Olympics and was one of the favourites for the title in Moscow. But it didn\u2019t go according to plan and she stopped at 1.97 and a shared bronze medal.
\u2013 Obviously I\u2019m disappointed that I didn\u2019t win in Moscow but such things happen. Now I\u2019m after revenge and because I won at DN Galan last year I want to do it again, Chicherova said.<\/p>\n
Brigetta Barrett, last year\u2019s Olympic silver medallist was also second at the World Championships in Moscow and was in a great mood at the press conference.
\u2013 In Moscow I got the song \u201cI am coming home\u201d in my head and I was humming it for two weeks. I don\u2019t know who wrote it but it I love the song, said Brigetta who has sung in public on many occasions. One of the journalists asked when would be the next time she would sing. Her answer was an acapella version of \u201cI am coming home\u201d for the press conference!
\u2028Barrett has the year\u2019s best mark of 2.04 and if she performs as well at the Stadium on Thursday evening as she did on stage at the press conference, it will be good enough !<\/p>\n
\u2013 I am in good shape and want to improve on my result from Moscow
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Valerie\u2019s aiming for a new diamond<\/strong>
Valerie Adams has won everything there is to win at the shot put and last week claimed her fourth consecutive World title. At DN Galan she\u2019s focussing on 21 metres. In 2012 she was belatedly awarded Olympic Gold after Nadzeya Ostapchuk was disqualified for doping. This meant that she never had the chance to climb to the top of the podium and hear the New Zealand national anthem.
\u2013 That was why it was so wonderful to be able to do it in Moscow. I was the favourite and under some pressure so it was a special victory, Valerie said.
\u2013 I have worked hard on my technique this year with the goal of reaching 21 metres. I haven\u2019t quite got there this summer but I have three competitions left, including DN Galan and hope to be more relaxed after the World Championships.
\u2013 It is so special to compete in an Olympic arena like Stockholm Stadium. I broke the stadium record last year and hope to be able to do it again this time! said Valerie who also hopes for another diamond. Anyone who leaves DN Galan as a stadium record holder receives a 1-carat diamond.
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Jonas Hedman<\/em>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n
High jumpers from left Emma Green Tregaro, Anna Chicherova, Brigetta Barrett and Svetlana Shkolina.\u2028\u2028
Photo below: Valerie Adams, shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"