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Immediately after the start, the Lithuanian took second position, running behind the Greek who performed the functions of the so-called “bunny”.
The swing in the group of leaders occurred 600 m before: for some time the student of Juozapas Garalevičius was third, and he broke in the first position about 250 meters and kept it until the goal.
By the way, this was S.Bertašius’ first outing in this season’s 1500m match.
“I had already started in the 5000m race, where I improved my personal record. It gave me confidence in my own strength, so today’s result was not surprising: I knew I could run that fast.
Of course, before the race, all the scenarios come to mind, you think that the first start and you don’t know what you are worth, if there is speed or everything is enough ”, commented S. Bertašius.
The athlete received 1196 qualification points for the result achieved and won the victory. This is the second-largest points capture in S.Bertašius’s career, dropping only to sixth place at the 2018 European Championship.
In the updated ranking of the planet next week, ours should go from position 50 to 41-43. 45 runners from this match will compete in Tokyo.
“I really try not to think about qualifying positions. Even on social media I try not to follow my competitors anymore, not to see where they are participating and how they are doing. The whole month of May was such that I was preparing and watching the competitors start, and I don’t even have a race.
I told myself that I had to wait, not to attack my head directly in any competition, but to choose well. You need to be in shape when you really need it, and that’s what you need the most next month. There are definitely tensions, but I’m trying to find a way to reduce them, ”said S. Bertašius.
Qualification for the Olympic Games will end on June 29. Until then, the Lithuanian should participate in the continental tour competitions in the Czech Republic, the European team championship in Bulgaria, the Lithuanian championship and the Cosma Cup competition of the Vilnius Sports Club.
Urtė Baikštytė, who participated in the high jump competition, also successfully appeared in Chania. The athlete improved her personal record by jumping 189 cm and took 2nd place.
The Šiauliai Athletics and Wellbeing Center student exceeded 170 cm, 175 cm, 179 cm, 183 cm, 185 cm, 187 cm and 189 cm in the first tests and only once made a mistake while dancing 181 cm.
The main competition of his season will be the European Under-23 Championship in Tallinn (Estonia) from July 8 to 11.
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