EC athletics|Mika Kotiranta flopped badly in the men’s 10,000 meter run.
What home Shore started to run the distance of the 10,000 meter B race on the final day of the European Championship. The hope and goal was to achieve a new personal record, i.e. to break the time of 29.10.69.
It was the other way around.
Kotiranta stayed in the lead for almost three kilometers, but then collapsed to the tail.
“Today, the man was not all right. We need to find out what caused this. It was the worst race of my life”, Kotiranta burst out in Suli’s press release after the race.
Kärki even caught Kotiranta in two laps. Still, the Finn continued to run.
“I could have stopped, but I wanted to run to the finish line here.”
home Shore was finally 16th in the B-set with a time of 31:25.10. The set was won by Spain Jesus Ramos at 28.24.93.
“We need to find out what caused this. Before coming here, everything was really fine. There were no problems. I had to be in record shape based on the training,” Kotiranta wondered.
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