Together with Eurosport expert Ole Bischof, Judo Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, and Birgit Nössing, the Rüsselsheimer has judoka Eduard Trippel looked back on the greatest triumph of his career and described how emotional the day was for him.
“The semifinals were the most important fight for me. If you win that, you’ll have a medal for sure. I was so happy. All the emotions came out and I cried. I thought: how awesome is that? It’s true that I have a medal. I am almost the successor of Ole, he was the last German among the men to win a medal. My mother and my club coach also cried – I called both of them directly. But I had to go again concentrate on the final. But I was so happy, maybe that was my undoing, because I couldn’t concentrate so much on the final, because I was so happy. It was just a great day! The semifinals were the highlight, “said Trippel im Eurosport Cube and explains what impact the medal has on him:
“Great. I can throw anyone. But it’s a matter of the head. I’ve had so many competitions where I thought: I can beat anyone. But somehow I couldn’t do it. Now I’ve proven to many that I can but have what it takes. That I do beautiful judo, that I go in motivated and enjoy the sport. And that I have to go on like this right now, “so Triple further.
and Anna-Maria Wagner was a guest in “Big in Japan” at Eurosport. In the broadcast, Anna-Maria’s incredible mental performance was discussed again. How did she manage to blot out the injured arm? How do you flip the switch at the right moment?
Together with commentator Gerhard Leinauer and Eurosport expert Fabian Hambüchen, our judoka reviewed the days of the competition in Tokyo. Super personable interview from our world champion and two-time Olympic medalist.
