Olympic javelin champion Thomas Röhler expects to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris after many injury setbacks. "As far as the overall level of the opposition is concerned: no extraordinary things have happened this year. So if I'm doing well personally, the chance is very, very high. I have the reins in my own hands," the 31-year-old told Deutsche Presse-Agentur on the sidelines of the German Football League (DFL) Sustainability Forum in Berlin on Wednesday. The track and field athlete hopes for a successful winter. "Then it will be quite possible with the Olympics," Röhler continued.
The five-time German champion from LC Jena had won gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Subsequently, plagued the Thuringian again and again back problems. "I am pain-free. I'm doing well. I am happy that I could compete again this year. Even if perhaps not at the level at which I would like it. But I did a lot of homework and did a high training volume," Röhler reported. At the Istaf last in Berlin he had become with 71.99 meters only ninth and last.
