00:00What are the requirements to be a good pole vaulter?
00:12A well-abled body.
00:14We come in different shapes.
00:16You need to be fearless.
00:18What do you think, EJ?
00:21Sorry, I'm just excited to talk to you.
00:23What do you think when you're there?
00:25I'm going to get there.
00:27Are you talking to yourself?
00:30Yes, sir.
00:31I'm running what I need to do.
00:34If the coach gives me a technical adjustment,
00:37then I try to do that.
00:39If I need intrinsic motivation,
00:41I think about why I'm there.
00:43If I'm a little bit overwhelmed,
00:45I try to calm myself down.
00:46Do you pray?
00:47From time to time, sir.
00:49It depends on how.
00:50I don't pray for a miracle, I guess.
00:53I pray that he gives me strength.
00:55Do you get affected by the pole vaulter before and after you?
01:01Does that affect you?
01:02I try not to, but I'll be lying if I say no.
01:05Of course, sir.
01:07How do I put this?
01:10We match the games.
01:12That's why I pass sometimes.
01:14It's a tactic to give myself time to rest.
01:17Can you pass?
01:20Yes, sir.
01:21For example, who's the top guy?
01:23What's his name?
01:24Mondo.
01:25Mondo Duplantis.
01:26For example, I noticed in the Olympics,
01:28he has a height that he didn't jump.
01:31Can he do that?
01:32Yes, sir.
01:33What's the disadvantage of that?
01:34Well, you miss the attempt.
01:35And if he counts in the end,
01:37for example, is there something like that?
01:39If it's higher, closer to your limit,
01:42the consistency should be there.
01:45So, you get three attempts.
01:47So, it's going to be harder for you to,
01:50I mean, you can't make mistakes.
01:54Why did you say it's painful to be fourth?
01:57Duplantis, Kendricks,
02:00and then Karalis of Greece,
02:03and then you.
02:04And you were close,
02:05because you both jumped 5.9.
02:09Right?
02:10Yes, sir.
02:11What happened there?
02:13I had a miss on 5.80.
02:15So, what I did was I passed.
02:17I made 5.85 on my first.
02:19Yes, it's the same.
02:20So, that attempt on 5.80,
02:22that cost me the bronze medal in Paris.
02:26How painful was that?
02:29It sucks, because in my sport,
02:31there are only three people who are rewarded
02:33at the end of the competition,
02:34and that's the first, second, and third.
02:36And fourth, until the last place,
02:38you're a non-medalist.
02:39And for me, as a competitor,
02:42I'm aiming for that podium,
02:44and I want to win.
02:45Are the guys around you nice?
02:47Yes, sir.
02:48Like, Duplantis is number one in the world,
02:50Kendricks, Lightfoot.
02:52Yes.
02:53You know them all.
02:54I know them all.
02:55Lightfoot, Karalis.
02:56Are they all nice?
02:58Yes, sir.
02:59All of them are nice.
03:00One of our staff, Donny, said
03:02he's going to donate all of his money
03:04to Karalis.
03:05Yes.
03:06Let's call him.
03:08I can call him.
03:10Okay.
03:11So, they're nice.
03:12You're good friends.
03:13Yes, sir.
03:14We're very good friends.
03:15You talk to each other.
03:16Yes, sir.
03:17From time to time.
03:18Especially during the qualification,
03:20during my last attempt,
03:22Mondo approached me afterwards.
03:24He said,
03:25you made us all worry.
03:26Well, I was like,
03:27sorry, my stomach was tumbling,
03:29and I was about to,
03:30my pants were like.
03:31Okay.
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