Lurdes Gloria Manuel she ran her second fastest time in the semi-finals – 51.06. In strong competition, it was enough for third place, and Manuel had to wait to see how the next two semi-finals turned out. In the end, it worked out to advance to the top eight of the EC. “I didn’t run at my best. I made a small mistake, I didn’t speed up gradually. But I’m still happy – it’s the final. It will be difficult, we’ll run tomorrow,” she told ČT.
It didn’t go so well Tereza Petržilková. The Czech fourth-place finisher had problems with illness before the championship, in the end she did not push her time under 52 seconds and was eliminated. “I lost my speed in the 200m, the wind leaned against us. ME is a springboard for me for the next time,” assessed the 14th best fourth-place finisher of the continental championship.
11,17. This is the value of the new record Karolína Maňasová. The Czech sprinter used the maximum permitted wind support and finished tenth in the women’s 100. Maňasová, who set a new Czech record in the under-23 category in Rome, was five hundredths of a second short of advancing to the final. “I’m happy, it’s going in the right direction. The start was very good, it was one of my best races. Halfway through I felt a bit of a back (thigh) muscle, but it worked out,” she said.
2024-06-09 18:27:05
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