But top athletes cheer him up: Cheer up, Olli Zeidler!

The wound is still deep.

But Oliver Zeidler has received encouragement from all sides - also from the other top athletes in the district.

Felix Schütz became a dad for the third time a few hours earlier - congratulations on son Leon - and actually had no time.

But that was a matter of honor for him.

We asked him for a few words of encouragement for Oliver Zeidler.

Who, if not their colleagues from competitive sports, would know better what happened to the rowing world champion in Tokyo.

Because of this, however, Maxi Dallinger suspects “that Olli won't read these lines at all. He will probably stay away from the media. ”The marksman had watched Zeidler's semifinals“ and suffered ”. He thinks back to his own setbacks, but immediately says: “It's hard to compare, because I've never been this top favorite like Olli, but 2018 was a really good year, especially in the small-caliber three-position range, and then I got myself Not qualified for the World Cup in my favorite discipline. ”He was deeply disappointed at the time. "Then I went to the World Cup in the other discipline and surprisingly won gold in the small caliber with the team."

Setbacks don't mean the end of a career. This is what Philipp Bönig also wants the rower to take along on the way. The former professional footballer (170 games for VfL Bochum) remembers many defeats. The bitterest: Against Standard Liège, his team conceded the 1: 1 in the 93rd minute and was eliminated from the Uefa Cup. “That had a long-lasting effect. In football, you have to deal with that as a team. We didn't manage that for a long time and were relegated from the Bundesliga. ”But VfL came out of the hole. “We rose again next year.” Therefore, Bönig is certain: “Olli is a world-class athlete who was unlucky on Thursday, even with the external conditions that you cannot influence. The first days will be extremely difficult. But such a bitter experience gets you ahead.He will go out strengthened and be successful in the next games. "

Olympic success is paramount, especially in fringe sports - at least in public. But Stefan Lex knows the ex-swimmer's entire career and focuses on that. “When someone changes sport and wins so many titles in the first four years, then anger shouldn't outweigh the odds. One can only be proud of this achievement, ”says the footballer from TSV 18060 Munich. “If someone had told him four years ago that he would be world champion and twice European champion, then he would have signed it blindly. So I would have done that for sure, "says Lex and looks to the future:" He will still be of the age at the next games that he can win a medal. "

Simon Zachenhuber still had the blues yesterday. “That's a shame. Olli has dominated the whole season like this. It happens once in three years that something doesn't fit, and then of all things at the Olympics. The gold medal would have been a fairy tale, I would have indulged him insanely. "

Thomas Elsenberger is also familiar with setbacks. The stick shooter once had his very dark moment in Geretsried. It was only the district championships, but the 19-year-old came - just become a permanent member of the national team - with the eagle on his chest. And then he played a disaster tournament. “The humps on the ice were perhaps comparable to the wind and waves in Tokyo,” he says today. That was also a problem, "because I was not qualified for the Bavarian and feared for a place in the sports promotion group," he remembers - and was lucky. He got a wild card, was Bavarian U21 champion, next year junior European champion. The rest is history. “Unfortunately, Olli didn't have a wildcard,” says Elsenberger. “But anyone can win.Maybe he just needs more experience. ”So, Olli, stay calm! He should remember the tip. Elsenberger once advised Magdalena Neuner, who shot four tickets in Ruhpolding, that she should try a calming tea that he also drinks himself. "I don't know if she read that, but after that she became a double Olympic champion."

Back to Felix Schütz. The 33-year-old Erdinger has already played in all ice hockey arenas in the world. But he was particularly impressed by the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. “I have the greatest respect for these athletes who have trained for this moment for four years. Team athletes who play every weekend cannot even imagine this pressure. I have seen how emotionally athletes react when they lose or win. ”He gives Oliver Zeidler what he asks himself again and again in his career:“ How good are you on your worst days? Your character shows up in defeat. The difference between the champion and the other athletes is how you come back. ”Oliver Zeidler won the B final one day after his worst disappointment. That is also an answer.We close with the words of Felix Schütz: "Cheer up, Olli!"