Still no medals for Simona Quadarella: “I’m mentally tired.”

Still no medals for Simona Quadarella: "I’m mentally tired"

Simona Quadarella finished in fifth place in the final of the women’s 800 freestyle at the World Championships again in short course in Budapest, Hungary. The Italian swimmer, already dry in the 400 freestyle, failed to make the podium in the 800 either, finishing with a time of 8'09"39.

The victory è went to Australia's Lani Pallister with a time of 8:01.95, ahead of Germany's Isabel Gose and the USA's Katie Grimes.

"I did not think I could do this time. I even believed in the medal at one point but I was struggling. I am happy with how it went, I tried and the podium was very difficult. Until the 5-600 meters I was lì then I è missed something in the final", are the words reported by Oasport.

Quadarella confessed that she was not at the top mentally either: "I just changed coaches, there’s been the’Olympics. To be honest, I feel very tired mentally. I still feel recovered, not è my best performance but one of the best".