"I fear the crossing at 700m, with Sven. We may have problems there, we both want to give everything and one of us may make a mistake and destroy the other person's championships."

"I got more and more angry after my 5000m. I had planned to open 9.2, then 9.6, and then two 9.9s and then 30.0 and in the end 30.1, 30.2, 30.3. But I started 9.6 and I tried to force myself into faster laps. When I saw that others could do laps that were faster, I got more frustrated."