Good bye Olympics: Fitschen quits season

July 15, 2008

European 10.000m Champion Jan Fitschen announced that he will not take the last opportunity of qualifying for the Olympic Games. Fitschen was given a last chance to qualify over 5.000m in Heusden/BEL but now he can’t use this chance because of an injury in his right plantar tendon.

The summer season – in which he set a new 10.000m personal record (28:02,55 in Stanford/USA) – is over for him and he could not hide his disappointment: “That’s it. It’s super annoying, I would have liked to participate.” However, he is optimistic to reach the 10.000m final in the world championships 2009, that are going to be held in his home country Germany (Berlin). Furthermore his dreams of the Olympics continue – 2012 in London he wants to strike again.

original enclosure (in German) leichtathletik.de