The walking comet Ďurdiaková defeated Drahotová and is the champion of the Czech Republic! Hlaváč slowed down his sentence and thus defended Gdul, the champion of the Czech Republic.

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DSC0679Tereza Ďurdiaková defeated Anežka Drahotová and in her premiere walking season she became the champion of the Czech Republic on 20 kilometers on Saturday. She was fifth in the absolute order of the race at the international meeting of Poděbrady Walking, the Italian Antonella Palmisanová won. Acting European Vice-Champion Drahotová lost five seconds to her less experienced Czech colleague and finished sixth overall. The men's race was won by the favored Swede Perseus Karlström (1:19:43), a bronze medalist from last year's World Cup. Lukáš Gdula won the sixth home title at the age of 1, who finished 27th overall at 07:XNUMX:XNUMX.

Ďurdiaková did not expect the title

Twenty-nine-year-old Ďurdiaková, who is a two-time medalist from the Czech marathon championship, defeated Drahotová on August 9 in Rumburk during the 20-meter track race. Today, the two held most of the track together and the decision was made in the final kilometer circuit. There was a faster Ďurdiaková, who won the title in 000:1:33. "It was unexpected for me. I got to walk by accident that I was injured, I wanted to try it. The more I got into the technique, the more I enjoyed it and now it's much more pleasant for me than running, "she said live on federal Facebook. Drahotová, whose coronavirus thwarted practically all of this year's plans and complicated her preparation with the new Australian coach Brent Vallance, admitted that she is not in top form. "I definitely know where my limits are. Time is not disappointing for me, that's how I planned it. But I won't lie, of course I'm sorry I didn't defend the Czech title," said the five-time Czech champion with a personal record of 54:1:26.

The bronze medalist from the 2017 World Championship, Palmisanová, came to the Olympic limit in rainy Poděbrady, and her victory followed on from the local triumph in the European Cup in 2017. With a performance of 1:28:40, she met the request of the international federation by more than two minutes. The second Brazilian Erica de Senová (1:31:00) and the third Glenda Morejónová from Ecuador (1:29:14) fell below the limit of 1:29:32.

Podebrady 1 27Hlaváč was slowed down by punishment

Twenty-three-year-old Vít Hlaváč was also close to the first Czech title, and after fifteen kilometers he competed in the more experienced Gdul. But then he had to serve a two-minute sentence for warnings. "I got almost all the targets right at the beginning. I had a bit of a problem settling in the style and speed for the judges to like it. I felt strong on that sixteen, I wanted to go to a person. 40 seconds person, "he lamented shortly after passing the finish line at 1:28:21. During his stay in the criminal territory, Gdula got in front of him, who has lost to the Czech Championships only once since 2014 at the age of twenty. Today he won by a minute and fourteen seconds. "Vítek was stronger today than me, but unfortunately he ended up in the penalty zone for two minutes. I prevented him there and didn't catch up with me. The time is relatively solid, because this year the training was influenced by the corona and health problems. "said the XNUMX-year-old pedestrian, for whom fifty is the main track.

 

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