<p>“A few days ago, I lasted only 24 attempts in practice and decided to pull out of the World Championships, but I could only live with my decision for 12 hours," Vlasic told a news conference in her home town. “I changed my mind; I am going to the Worlds and I will either win or fall on my sword,” she said. <br /><br />The 27-year-old Vlasic won the 2007 World gold medal in Osaka and repeated the feat two years later in Berlin, while she also captured the 2010 European title in Barcelona. <br /><br />She won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and set a personal best of 2.08 cm in Zagreb in 2009, one centimetre short of the world record set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. <br /><br />Vlasic, who has struggled to produce her best form this season, said she was determined to battle through the pain in her bid to get a hat-trick of world titles.</p>
<p>“A few days ago, I lasted only 24 attempts in practice and decided to pull out of the World Championships, but I could only live with my decision for 12 hours," Vlasic told a news conference in her home town. “I changed my mind; I am going to the Worlds and I will either win or fall on my sword,” she said. <br /><br />The 27-year-old Vlasic won the 2007 World gold medal in Osaka and repeated the feat two years later in Berlin, while she also captured the 2010 European title in Barcelona. <br /><br />She won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and set a personal best of 2.08 cm in Zagreb in 2009, one centimetre short of the world record set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. <br /><br />Vlasic, who has struggled to produce her best form this season, said she was determined to battle through the pain in her bid to get a hat-trick of world titles.</p>