“I will try and make the most of it,” Bondarenko said at the press conference the day before the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme. “A week before the Games I started getting sinus problems, caused by an infected tooth. I took antibiotics in Rio, but I wasn’t at my best.
“Afterwards I jumped in Lausanne, hoping it would get better and that was the case. I now quit the antibiotics but it wasn’t perfect. I am still taking aspirines to fight the pain. After the season I will definitely get a surgery. The only good news is that I’m eating less. I already lost two to three kilos,” Bondarenko jokes.
The Ukrainian, with a personal best of 2m42, is leading the Diamond Race with 29 points. He is leading Erik Kynard by three points, with a five point gap to third-placed Mutaz Essa Barshim and Robbie Grabarz six points back.
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