Zaynab Dosso: "Gold in Apeldoorn gave me new motivation"

"The gold of Apeldoorn gave me motivation, I am a more aware Zaynab". European 60m champion, Zaynab Dosso, spoke at a press conference in Nanjing, where the Italian night begins World Indoor Athletics Championships. At his side the world record holder in pole vault, Armand Duplantis.

The Italian does not deny the emotion, next to the Swede, dominator of his specialty and increasingly an icon of world athletics. "It all started in Glasgow last season, that bronze projected me into a world completely different from my environment. TheApeldoorn Gold it gave me even more motivation to do great things - Dosso added -. I'm happy to return to compete and see how far I can push myself. It's not a burden to have the best time of the year (7.01), on the contrary it reassures me. It makes me think about all the work done. Yes, I'm a much more aware Zaynab now".

Asked about the atmosphere in the Italian team, Dosso replied: "Many young people have started to believe they can dream big. Before, we were afraid, we set limits for ourselves. Then Tokyo arrived and it was "wow". Now I hope that my results will inspire the new generation: I would like to become the first Italian under 7 seconds in the 60 and under 11 seconds in the 100".