Ajla Del Ponte’s brother moved her to tears before the final

It was the course of her life: On Saturday, Ajla Del Ponte (25) was in the starting blocks of the Olympic finals in Tokyo. At the side of her compatriot Mujinga Kambundji (29), the Swiss stormed into the top of the world, conquered 5th place. Only the three Jamaicans around Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and the Ivorian Marie-Josée Ta Lou, except for the normal part of the sprint world Range, stayed ahead of the Swiss duo.

“I’m a girl who comes from a small village, and now I’m right at the front of the stage,” says Del Ponte with tears in his eyes after her run and tells of a special moment before the start. “Before the final, my brother sent me messages that really touched me,” says the woman from Ticino. «He told me to run with my heart. Free, as I did when I was a child in the forest. “