<H3>Ullrich lacked motivation </H3>
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<CAPTION class=small align=bottom>Jan Ullrich (Germany)
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< >Although a repeat of his gold and silver medals in Sydney was not expected, Jan Ullrich was both disappointed and disappointing in Athens, finishing well out of medal contention in the <a href=\"http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=results/road_men_race\" target=\"_blank\" >road race</A> (19th) and the <a href=\"http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=results/road_men_tt\" target=\"_blank\" >time trial</A> (7th). \"It wasn\'t like it was in Sydney,\" a frustrated Ullrich told <I>DPA</I>. \"My head is empty, it was really hard to motivate myself for these Games. It was enjoyable, but at the same time the Olympics is not the most important thing for me. It was two races too many. These were definitely my last Olympic Games.\" (以前友人说他对奥运会不太在意,不以为然,现在他自己有点承认了?)</P>
< >Ullrich blamed his weight for his poor performance in the time trial, but in the opposite manner to normal. \"I weighed too little in the time trial. For this discipline, you need power, but I\'m only 71 kilos at the moment. I\'ve only been lighter than that when I hunger flatted in the 1998 Tour de France.\" (从他出现在环法揭幕站,看见他很消瘦的样子就开始担心他的体重减多了咳……)</P>
< >Ullrich does expect to be at the front in this Sunday\'s World Cup race in Zurich, where he is a perennial favourite, with an amazing four second places to his credit. He hasn\'t yet decided on doing the World Championships in Verona, even though he would love to win the world road race title as a professional. Finally, he denied that his career was on a downward slope. \"About that there is no doubt: I have a lot of enjoyment from cycling and will work to be more successful.\" (好,有这些话就好,希望明年/后面……,继续支持他!)</P>
[此贴子已经被作者于2004-8-21 13:33:15编辑过] |