SANITA PUSPURE HAS delivered a gold medal in the single sculls race at the European Rowing Championships in Lucerne.
Puspure also set a new European record time of 7:23.18 as she narrowly defeated Switzerlandโs title holder Jeannine Gmelin to claim victory. Miroslava Topinkovรก Knapkovรก of the Czech Republic came in third.
Puspure led the race from the early stages and admitted her surprise at the victory afterwards.
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โIโm absolutely blown away,โ she told RTร Sport.
โI didnโt feel the best the whole week and I definitely did not expect to win today. If I got a medal, yeah that would be good.
โBloody hell! I surprised myself.
โThe last 250 I was absolutely hanging on the blades. There was nothing much left. It was a case of holding the body weight onto the oars and hoping for the best. I was praying for the line in the last five, 10 strokes, the Swiss girl was coming at me fast.โ
โThatโs three seconds off my best in September, Iโm pleased with that. There was a massive tail wind all the way down, Cool! Iโll take that.โ
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Sanita Puspure sets new record en route to landing European gold
SANITA PUSPURE HAS delivered a gold medal in the single sculls race at the European Rowing Championships in Lucerne.
Puspure also set a new European record time of 7:23.18 as she narrowly defeated Switzerlandโs title holder Jeannine Gmelin to claim victory. Miroslava Topinkovรก Knapkovรก of the Czech Republic came in third.
Puspure led the race from the early stages and admitted her surprise at the victory afterwards.
โIโm absolutely blown away,โ she told RTร Sport.
โI didnโt feel the best the whole week and I definitely did not expect to win today. If I got a medal, yeah that would be good.
โBloody hell! I surprised myself.
โThe last 250 I was absolutely hanging on the blades. There was nothing much left. It was a case of holding the body weight onto the oars and hoping for the best. I was praying for the line in the last five, 10 strokes, the Swiss girl was coming at me fast.โ
โThatโs three seconds off my best in September, Iโm pleased with that. There was a massive tail wind all the way down, Cool! Iโll take that.โ
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