Luiza Gega: I apologize to everyone, the dream of Paris ends today

Luiza Gega failed to qualify for the final, with the Albanian athlete not going higher than 9th place in the second heat, in the 3000m steeplechase qualifiers. Gega, through a post on social networks, does not hide his disappointment.

"It's so hard to find words when you feel like a total failure, and in fact, in these moments, I do. I know that I will pass, everything passes with time, but at this moment it hurts a lot because I have really tried and dreamed that I will make it regardless of the fact that in April, after I got sick, things were "disposed of".

Anyway, I tried hard every day, and because of more stress from the bad feelings of my body, I kept hoping that I would be able to cope with a level competition, but in fact it didn't happen like that.

Even why I didn't say it, I was in a big dilemma with myself if I should come or not, but I know that the pledge not to try it would hurt me more. I really want to apologize to everyone who believed in me and let me down, and I thank all those who support me in both good and difficult days. The dream of Paris ends today", writes Gega.