The discus final was interrupted after two throws when the rain poured down in Tokyo and the throwers had to wait for two hours for the competition to start again.
Then Daniel Ståhl stepped in and threw both far and calmly, showed off with disco dance and secured the gold in the last throw.
He has some crazy ability. He comes in before the last throw and dances into the ring and goes, and finds that balance – not to tense up but to stay relaxed in order to then be able to bring out the dynamite. These are the keys that make him, with routine and fantastic help around him with coach Staffan and his training group and all the championships, master these situations, says Bergqvist to SVT.
”A feat”
Coach Staffan Jönsson explains the greatness of Daniel Ståhl.
Daniel is Grand Master in this and has done it for 10-12 years. That he dares to trust his own ability, takes energy from this. It's so easy to figure yourself out and the competition when it starts raining and people fall, and he turns it around. It's so cool, says Jönsson to SVT.
He needed to shift focus three times. And since he has such a big and strong body, he shouldn't be so good for so long. It's a feat.
Done homework
That Ståhl threw so well despite the wet circle, Bergqvist believes is because he had done his homework and was prepared for all kinds of weather.
I don't think all his competitors have done that, she says.
Partner Fanny Roos, who came fifth in the shot put at the World Championship, was very pleased with the last throw of 70.47 which secured the gold.
It was magical to see, so cool to see. And to do it again at a World Championship, she says.
Ståhl also secured the World Championship gold two years ago with a long throw in the last round, 71.46.
