Shooter Sutiya admits pressure was too much
Play
Skeet shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit swallowed her disappointment on Sunday and said she would look ahead and give it one more try following her below-par result in the Olympics women's competition.
The 26-year-old, one of the country’s medal hopes at the London Games, delivered the message on her Facebook page after she failed to make the skeet final, firing an off-target score of 25 for 11th place.
“Disappointment is part of being an athlete. You win and you lose, and after you lose you can win again. The only thing you can do is to look ahead and try your best again and again and again,’’ she posted.
Following her fourth-place finish in the 2008 Beijing Games, Sutiya vowed she would give her best to win a medal in London and spent a month training in Germany at her own expense before the competition.
But high expectations coupled with tension took its toll on Sunday, and she was nowhere near her best form, shooting just 20, 23 and 22 for a three-round total 65.
Normally someone who projects a tough persona in public, Sutiya failed to hold back her tears in an interview given to the media right after Sunday’s result.
“I have only myself to blame. I didn’t shoot well, others did. I just didn’t make it. I guess I had such high hopes that I put myself under too much pressure,’’ she said.
