This is the beautiful story of the day. She should have been forfeited. Switzerland’s Elena Quirici qualified for the final ! She was so happy that she drowned her happiness in long crying. The 2016 European Champion will face Azerbaijan’s Zaretska on Saturday for the gold medal

By Ludovic Mauchien in Novi Sad


 

"I am so moved because I was operated for my foot last February and I have only three weeks of training. It's a big relief because it was really hard lately. But it paid off and everything is forgotten with this finale. It's a miracle because, normally, I could not have to do these European Championships. Finally, I was released. I wanted to please myself first of all because I had nothing to lose. I was fighting for myself, for pleasure ».