Flash Quotes - Pascal Plamondon Wins Bronze in Weightlifting

On the competition:

“It went pretty well. I got a knee injury three days ago before the competition so I got a little bit worried mentally. The bar and the platforms felt good. When I started I missed my first snatch, then I put more in and I made 148 and 151 that’s why I was in the race for the podium, the gold medal. Then I missed my jerk, I don’t know why.

On strategy:

So I felt a little bit more pressure, I lost my chance to win the gold medal so I tried to go for the silver. We chose 182 because we were thinking the guy from India wouldn’t be able to lift 183 but he had a nice competition and won the silver.”

Tie break for silver over weight:

“Yeah, I was a little bit too heavy. “I cut the water for two days but I ate a little bit during the day because our competition was at 7.30 – we don’t know ahead of time who weighs what.”

On the Superman t-shirt he was wearing under his Canada podium jacket:

“Yeah it means something to me for strength, and we know Superman has super strength that’s why I have two of my friends, Matthew lifting in Canada has the same shirt, we bought it at the same time when he was going to the World Championship, we found our Superman shirts and bought them at the same time.”

Is it lucky?

“Yeah” he says chuckling. “But not today.”

Were you nervous watching the last lifts?

“For sure, I was hoping the guy would miss his lift. I was thinking, I can’t watch, if I watch, I’m sure he’ll make it. And I watched, and he made it.”

On the bronze:

"It’s still a bronze but we always want more."