The athlete has to be Francis Obikwelu today with relative ease to the semi-finals of the 100 meters Olympic Games Pequim2008 and already speaks in the end of Saturday, for which believes that 9.90 or 10.00 seconds ensure the clearance.

The vice-Atenas2004 Olympic champion was third in the fourth series of eliminatory second with 10.09, but at the end ensured that if you saved for Saturday and that was able to download the 10 seconds, if necessary. “Tomorrow [Saturday] if maybe I will do so”

“It gave everything here, I preferred to save Saturday, because I do not want to go home,” said the athlete from Sporting of 29 years, adding that the departure was not very good, because it was with “a bit of fear”, after have been a false departure of Nigerian Obinna Metu.

Affirming is “a bit tired”, because the journey today was “very hard” with two tryouts, Obikwelu promised that on Saturday, semi-finals “very strong” and the final, vai “be much better.”

“I will do my evidence to go to the end there and give everything. In the semi-final I will from better, today was with a bit of fear. It could accelerate more, not here gave everything to save for Saturday. I do not want to go home.” s sometimes things happen and tomorrow [Saturday] I will from everything and reach the final, “he promised.

Their series was won in 9.92 with a calm by Olympic Jamaican Usain Bolt, the record of the World, which made the last 20 or 30 meters looking at the bench, even to the idea of halting the step before the goal .

For Obikwelu, the three main candidates for the title, Usain Bolt, his compatriot Asafa Powell - the previous world record, which also won its series with extreme ease - and Tyson Gay, the American is what is less strong.

“The Bolt is very strong, but you never know. In the end you never know,” said the champion of Europe, who personally hired the Canadian masseur Lawrence Bell and now will make ice and massage to recover for Saturday.