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Sanita Puspure sets new record en route to landing European gold

She defeated the holder Jeannine Gmelin to claim victory.

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 Switzerlandโ€™s 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.

โ€œIโ€™m absolutely blown away,โ€ she told RTร‰ Sport.

โ€œI didnโ€™t 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.

โ€œBloody hell! I surprised myself.

โ€œThe 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€

โ€œThatโ€™s three seconds off my best in September, Iโ€™m pleased with that. There was a massive tail wind all the way down, Cool! Iโ€™ll take that.โ€

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