Anita Horvat in the final
Anita Horvat the penultimate day of the indoor European Athletics Championship in the Dutch Apeledoorn, made it to the finals of the 800 -meter run. This will be on Sunday at 17.27. The defender of the silver medal from the previous championship two years ago in Istanbul took second place in the second semi -final group with 2: 03.48.
In doing so, Horvatova directly qualified for the fight for medals and had a total of the eighth outcome. Before Anita Horvat was only a Polish in the group Anna Wielgosz (2: 03,29). This one had a joint fifth time and the best winner of the first group, Swiss Audrey Werro (2: 01.76).
Horvatova, who took the first and last time on the winning stage of the big membership match two years ago in Turkey, started the second semifinals at the head of the six, and then declined to fourth place before the end. After overtaking on the outside, she managed to get into the finish line in second place.
“I didn't expect to get first at first. Then the three rivals overtook me and I 'scored' a little. I was a little worried about how everything would unfold. Then I thought about some unsuccessful runs in big games and said that this time something would not happen. And she didn't, after arriving at the destination, I felt only a great relief, « Horvat said.
She had a convincingly best score of the season before running, 2: 00.35 is also her personal record.
