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The Lithuanian surpassed the heights of 210 cm and 216 cm in the first attempt, while 221 cm – in the second. Only eight of the 14 athletes in the rankings jumped that height, so they all made it to the final.
“I have been to the college finals twice, but it will be the first final of its kind in the adult men’s competition. I was expecting that final. I was expecting even more in the fall, but I don’t know, maybe it will come true. Today those jumps were not very good because I had in mind the idea of having to jump another Sunday. This added that additional thought, which should not be taken into account during qualifying, because you can swear, “commented A. Glebauskas about the performance.
This season, the Lithuanian jumper has surpassed a height of 227 cm, which is only one centimeter worse than the country’s indoor record, which belongs to Raivydas Stanis.
“I spoke with most of them, for example, Tamberi (the favorite is Gianmarco Tamberi, an Italian – lightoji.lt), who said that his head is on Sunday. There were a lot of people, including me, so the knowledge that you don’t have to do your best today to reach the final kind of crossed over. The coating is really good. If we had danced, we would have jumped and surpassed both 225 cm and 228 cm, ”said A. Glebauskas.
In this match, Lithuania also had a second representative: Juozas Baikštys, who jumped 210 cm in the first attempt, unsuccessfully attacked 216 cm high on three occasions and took 14th place. It is true that due to foot pain, the jumper generally considered whether it was worth going to the Old Continent Championship. However, the athlete does not regret the decision to participate.
“When I finished jumping, I wondered if it was worth going to the championship or not. However, I decided that it was a very good experience, very good to look around, to observe others. I don’t regret having come, really – said J.Baikštys. – Everything was much longer than what I am used to in Lithuania. I think everyone has to calibrate themselves in different situations, so it’s definitely not an excuse. “
Simas Bertašius, who ran 1500m, also competed in Torun on Thursday night. The country’s record holder covered the distance in 3 minutes. 42.17 seconds, he improved his season result and ranked 25th out of 51 runners. The athlete was only 0.11 seconds behind the Lithuanian record.
“I do not appreciate the performance at all, I lacked a personal record of kindness. That was the goal: to try to speed up the race so that the pace does not drop. It is a pity that he once again fell a little short of the record.
During the streak of chaos, I really didn’t feel like I could have learned from a race in Belgium a few weeks ago, when I was constantly in the middle of the pack and losing a lot of steam, and was completely empty at the end. Now I tried to keep contact to a minimum, “said S. Bertašius.
The 12 strongest riders made it to the final. Just over a second separated Lithuania from the right to compete in the final.
The performances of three men will be replaced by the starts of three women: on Friday, Agnė Šerkšnienė and Modesta Morauskaitė will compete in the 400m selection, and Jogailė Petrokaitė in the long jump classification.
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