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Only three Europeans ran faster than A. Šerkšnienė during this winter season: the Dutch Femke Bol (50.81 sec.) And Lieke Klaver (51.48 sec.) And the British Zoey Clark (52.03 sec.).
A. Šerkšnienė broke the old Lithuanian record, which was reached in the semi-final of the 2019 European Indoor Championships by 0.21 seconds.
“I was surprised today. The start of the season was tough, and the season itself started differently than usual: we always went to camp, lengthened it, and came back only before the national championship. Now the camp was earlier, we also started the season earlier. I was not ready to run fast because the training is still going on. This week we did a tough training, after which I was not sure of recovering before the competition, “said A. Šerkšnienė.
After seeing the result on the scoreboard, the athlete did not realize for a while that he had improved the Lithuanian record. She was delighted by the fact that she covered the distance in 0.86 seconds. faster than last weekend at the same Maglingen Manege.
“I didn’t expect to run so well today, after the finish I didn’t realize there was a record here. I thought, and while running well, I was happy about it. And it was only after a minute that I realized what it was all about. of a record, ”A. Šerkšnienė laughed.
In 2018, the Swiss student Flavis Zbergs improved the Lithuanian records 7 times, in 2019 one. However, after the trauma suffered in the spring of that year, it took Lithuania more than a year to return to the highest sport form.
He made an impressive debut in the Diamond League last September, finishing second, and the record reached today became his first after a 23-month hiatus.
“I was hoping to be back and in good shape. It is important to participate well in the winter and not want to leave for the summer, the last minute, collecting those points and complying with the rule. I really wanted to get ready and go back to training. way earlier in the winter. We managed to do that, “said A. Šerkšnienė.
The athlete does not yet have a rule for the Tokyo Olympics, but would be included in the ranking of the planet. After a successful start in Switzerland, he should go from 45th to 40th in the rankings. 48 runners will compete in the 400m race in Tokyo.
At that moment, A. Šerkšnienė can be sure of his participation in the European Indoor Championships to be held in Torun (Poland) from March 4 to 7. Two years ago, the Glasgow runner not only improved the country’s record, but also made it to the final, where he finished fourth.
“In all the championships, everything starts from scratch. It doesn’t matter which one has the seasonal result, as it ran a week or two ago. Each participant plans his peak, each follows a different path. It is difficult to predict anything in the indoor season, I just hope that there is no shortage of success and that the championship runs smoothly, ”expected A. Šerkšnienė.
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