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V.Žala shared the pictures of how he plays sports with his fans on Facebook. It does not hide that the charter flight to Saudi Arabia was very convenient, there were fewer people, the inspection was also easier, the most important thing was to have a negative COVID-19 test.
In Dakar, V.Žala will race this time not with his loyal partner Saulius Jurgelėnas, but with Paulo Fiuza from Portugal. He arrived in Jeddah on Monday night. Vaidotas received him with music.
“We sleep, we eat, we shake”
“The biggest challenge was getting everyone to the hotel, because everyone left the airport, which technically doesn’t work, there is no taxi. It’s all about gadgets, call the car. There were more people like us, because at the same time another plane of the organizers landed. We landed this for the first night, and I was at the hotel at half past five – the procedure lasted “, – said V.Žala his first impressions.
However, as Vaidotas says, “everything is fine”: “We fell asleep, we ate, we got sick now. I really wanted to move because a week and a half ago I had a temperature of some kind Plague I probably caught it, definitely not COVID, because we found out, but I still didn’t move for a week. I really wanted to, so I’m glad I had to go into the hallway and splash a few beads of sweat. “
We sleep, we eat, we sleep now. I really wanted to move because I had a fever a week and a half ago, I hardly moved.
The runner laughed that the body already required movement because it is used to exercise. He said that he had prepared for this Dakar very responsibly, only the last week he had mixed many plans: the disease had reduced both strength and weight, which he still hopes to gain the next kilogram.
VIDEO: 15min interview: Vaidotas Žala and Saulius Jurgelėnas announced important news: there will be changes in the team
The co-pilot arrived
Two days of quarantine, as Vaidotas says, is about making plans and strategies, doing homework. After that there will be another COVID-19 test and you will have to collect the cars at the port, there will be inspections, tests, technical commission.
“Then there will be a wheel in which it will be more difficult to intervene, now we need to use those days to regain our strength and find out what we will have to do,” said V. Žala.
VIDEO: What else, besides tricolor knitted hats, will Vaidotas Injury sacrifice for a sporty result at the Dakar?
Before the trip, he and his team members had no concerns: it turned out that two of the three mechanics had positive COVID-19 tests, so they had to look for a change very quickly. We managed to do that.
Read more about the solutions here: V.Žala announced: Your COVID-19 test is negative, the team has found mechanics, B.Vanagas, A.Juknevičius, A.Gelažninkas, L. Kancius also have good news.
Upon arriving in Jeddah, V. Žala assures that he is calm: “After the worries that were in Lithuania, it seems that I have come on vacation.”
Benediktas Vanagas, for his part, ensures that his team will avoid the hotel’s gym, pool and spa for fear of COVID-19.
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