All Africa Games defending champion, Damola Osayomi is not bothered about her inability to get into the final of the women sprint event at the 13th IAAF World Championships taking place in Daegu, South Korea.
She placed 8th in the first semi final race of the women 100m on Monday night failing to reach the final.
She now focuses on the All Africa Games which begins this weekend.
“I did my best but it was not good enough.
I am not bothered by that as my focus now is to concentrate on the 4x100m relay slated for weekend.
I just hope we can come out with a medal from that race,” observed Osayomi.
She said instead of regretting her inability to get into the final, like she could not at the 2007 edition in Osaka, Japan, her attention is now on the relay and the All Africa Games.
“My main focus now is to concentrate on the relay training programme as well as look ahead to the All Africa Games in Maputo, where I hope to defend my 100m and 200m titles.”
A four-time gold medalist at the African Championships in Athletics, Osayomi with a 10.99 seconds gotten at the Sao Paulo, Brazil meet showed promise to impress until the semis race flop.
“I know everyone here wanted something from me but don’t also forget that as humans, we sometimes don’t always get our prayers answered,” observed the sprinter.
Sunday Bada, the technical director of the AFN, however, told her she has her future ahead to think of. “There is no need for Damola to feel bad she could not get into the final.
For some of us who attended five World Championships, we understand the pressure and what it means to compete at the highest level of athletics in the world.
At just 24 years, Damola still has more years ahead to achieve her aim, that is if she puts in more efforts,” stressed Bada.
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