Fantastic performance! Stewart in Istanbul significantly improved the Czech record in the half marathon

“I’m excited about it. The race was difficult, just because the track rippled up and down and I thought there was a lot of headwind. I don’t think I didn’t have that time without the driver who sacrificed for us,” said the athlete. in the press release.

Stewart finished 12th in a well-attended race in Turkey. The Kenyan star Hellen Obiri, a two-time world champion in the 5,000-meter run, won, and the silver medalist from Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo reached a time of 1:04:48.

Of the European runners, only the fifth Turkish Yasemin Canová and the seventh Romanian Stella Rutto overtook the Czech endurance race.

Václav Janoušek’s trustee was two seconds faster than last October in Rome. However, the track of the local half marathon did not meet the criteria of the World Athletics for the recognition of record performances, so Stewart achieved a record entry only now.

Coach Janousek also praised the Istanbul driver. “He pulled Moira to the finish line, for which he deserves a big thank you. Moira ran the last kilometer in 3:12, so she showed that there are still reserves. I’m excited,” Janousek added.

At the same time, Stewart entered the race in Istanbul after knee problems, due to which she dropped out of the training rhythm for almost three months at the turn of the year. “I think it was much worse today than in Rome, I almost think I had a crisis from the first to the twenty-first kilometer,” Stewart said.

She also had to overcome drinking problems. “I had a drink ready, which I officially handed in before the race. But I didn’t catch either. Fortunately, I took a gel in my pocket during the race and I think it saved me a lot in the end, because I didn’t have a ready ionic during the race. gel, so maybe I ran out of strength at the end of the race, “said the endurance.

The 26-year-old runner, who unluckyly escaped the Olympic marathon last year, also met the limit for the World Half Marathon Championships in Istanbul and the European Cup in the 10,000-meter run.