On Sunday night, Ewa Swoboda fulfilled her dream of profitable her first senior medal on the stadium. The consultant of AZS AWF Katowice grew to become the vice-champion of Europe within the 100 m. In Rome, solely the British Dina Asher-Smith was quicker within the ultimate.
Coach Iwona Krupa’s protégé confidently gained her semi-final, attaining a results of 11.02 s. It was the fourth quickest time in all races and a preview of nice feelings within the ultimate. Within the ultimate race, the struggle for medals was extraordinarily fierce. The winner was the British rider, Dina Asher-Smith, with a results of 10.99 seconds. Behind her, three sprinters crossed the end line virtually concurrently. The quickest of them turned out to be Ewa Swoboda – 11.03 s, overtaking the Italian Zaynab Dosso by… 0.004 s!
– I am tremendous proud. It is tremendous cool. I do not know what the distinction was between us, however once I noticed that we crossed the end line collectively, I believed a really impolite phrase. I did not wish to lose one thing by one thousandth once more, stated Swoboda. – I felt nice assist from the followers. There have been a number of Poles. It was all wonderful. The extent was very excessive. That is the European Championships, and the eighth place is 11.15 seconds. I believe there’s a tremendous quick tartan right here. At the moment he was a little bit boring, however that was as a result of it was raining and he was merely moist, she added.
Paweł Fajdek (OŚ AZS Poznań) took sixth place within the hammer throw ultimate. The five-time world champion on this competitors twice improved his finest outcome within the season, and in his finest try he threw the hammer to a distance of 77.50 m. Wojciech Nowicki (KS Podlasie) grew to become the European champion for the third time in a row, because of his throw of 80.95 m within the final spherical. Białystok).
– I am completely satisfied as a result of I solely had one failed throw. The remainder was respectable. You may have thrown additional. If I regarded higher technically, it could most likely be 79 meters. I am coming again to myself, additionally energetically. It can positively get higher, you should sleep. The competitors was good, I obtained the perfect results of the season. I wished to struggle. It is okay. The wheel was nice, the rain did not trouble us – concluded Fajdek.
Alicja Konieczek (OŚ AZS Poznań) was seventh within the 3000 m steeplechase ultimate with the results of 9:23.28.
– It was sizzling and stuffy. It was onerous to endure. After 5 laps, I had a disaster. I needed to take care of that mentality. There was a horrible mess within the run. I am confused. The urge for food was nice, however such races are unpredictable on the championships, she stated after the race.
Within the semi-final, Justyna Święta-Ersetic completed her participation within the particular person 400 m competitors. The AZS AWF Katowice competitor achieved a results of 52.18 s and was categorised in seventeenth place.
– I lacked power and energy over the gap right now. I do not know, one thing did not work. Nonetheless, I’m glad that I used to be within the semi-final. A month in the past, I actually did not suppose I’d participate within the European Championships in any respect. I believe I ought to be completely satisfied about these little issues now and preserve my fingers crossed for Natalia tomorrow, she admitted.
Within the morning session, we have been excited in regards to the half-marathon competitors with the participation of as many as six Polish ladies. The most effective of them was Aleksandra Lisowska (AZS UWM Olsztyn), who took twenty ninth place with a private better of 1:12:06. Zabela Paszkiewicz completed the competitors in thirty first place – 1:12:15, and Angelika Mach (each AZS UMCS Lublin) in fifty fifth place – 1:15:55.
Picture Paweł Skraba
