Reetta Hurske advanced to the World Championship semi-finals of the 100 meter hurdles.
Reetta Hurskeen The 100-meter hurdles WC semi-final battle turned into a thriller on Tuesday.
Hurske was Fifth in his heat and had to worry about the next place in the time trial. The Finn, who clocked 12.92, advanced to the semi-finals as the second last runner.
Grabbed the last continuation spot Maayke Tjin-A-Lim ran the same time as Hurske. Two women missed the heats with only one hundredth of a difference.
– Exactly what was required. Hurske joked that there’s no need to worry about it.
On Monday, Hurske said that the 13-second time often sufficient for the continuation would not be enough in Budapest. He hit the right one.
– I was surprised that the level was so hard. When I got to sit in the waiting area, there was no smell, what a Canadian Michelle Harrison and Danish Mette Graversgaard had run. I estimate that this is probably a safe situation, the Finn continued.
Reetta Hurske ran to the World Cup semi-finals. Pasi Liesimaa
Aturi, who holds the Finnish record, had to wait for the next place in the space reserved for runners who ended up in the time trial. When the semi-final spot was secured, Hurske immediately jumped up.
– I saw other people’s times on the board. I no longer remembered if my time was 12.92 or 12.93. Then it came on the screen. I was like, huh, it’s already been sitting here.
– It started to get hot. I was hoping to get away little by little.
It was around 30 degrees Celsius and very humid in Budapest at the time of the matches. The “lucky losers” mode was used for the first time already in the preliminaries.
According to Hurske, it was painful to sit in the sun. He immediately got up when the license came off.
– The man said he would give us the thumbs up when we can get up. We didn’t know the results yet. I thought I would probably get up, even though I didn’t know if I would make it.
of the United States Kendra Harrison was the overwhelming number one in the preliminaries with a time of 12.24. The top of the twelve ran below Hurskee’s SE 12.71.
Lotta Harala missed the preliminaries with a time of 13.11.
Slow guy
Lotta Harala missed the preliminary rounds. Pasi Liesimaa
Hurske left one of the number one tracks. Next to him was Poland Dina Auliawhose record is 13.44 and season’s best 13.51.
The Finn’s top time is significantly faster, 12.71.
– I would have liked a different track. The runner next to me was clearly in a slower time than us. It was a bit of a blind run, Hurske characterized.
Hurske was satisfied with his performance.
– The technology remained ok. There were no unnecessary bumps. In the semi-finals, only faster legs.
The semi-final will be played on Wednesday. Getting two runs in Budapest fulfills the minimum goal Hurskee set for himself.
– Based on the level of the heats, there are no realistic chances for the final. I hope to run the Olympic line. I would be satisfied with 12.77.