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“I don’t feel I am a worse athlete or anything like that – I feel like I have still got more to prove, which is why I have still kept going despite having quite a few setbacks over the few years.<\/p>\n
“I am trying not to put any pressure on it. I feel I will run my best if I go into it without expectation.”<\/p>\n
Wightman’s injury woes mean he is planning to savour every moment of his major championship return in Japan.<\/p>\n
“I probably didn’t realise how low some of those points were until this year when I got back racing,” he said. <\/p>\n
“Last year, when I got hurt before Paris, I kind of brushed it under the carpet a little bit and I went on holiday, didn’t really process it much and it was only when I got back racing this summer I was a lot more stressed and anxious about racing because it had been a whole process.”<\/p>\n
Despite it all, Wightman rejects the suggestion he is one of the most unfortunate athletes around.<\/p>\n
“If you only knew my career since 2022, you would think that I am the most unlucky athlete in the world, but I have been doing the sport at this level since about 2015, so I have had a lot of years where stuff has gone my way and I have had moments that a lot of people would love to have had,” he added.<\/p>\n
“So it is not like my career is being defined by low points. I have had some amazing high points with it, so for me that counters these low ones.<\/p>\n
“I am a big believer the perseverance will come through at some point and I will be rewarded for still showing up and still putting the work in.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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