Unimaginable Timothé Mumenthaler and William Reis! Geneva received the gold medal within the 200m on the European Championships in Rome, and Grison took third place.
We had been speaking about an awesome Saturday, we are able to clearly discuss an awesome Monday with two European titles and a bronze medal for the Swiss delegation who’re on seven factors.
However from there to think about two medals within the males’s 200m, the world was nonetheless distant. Besides that Timothé Mumenthaler went for it with the nerve. In lane 9, the 21-year-old from Geneva ran like an outdated man. Eliminating his opponent in lane 8 for a false begin, the slender sprinter was in a position to benefit from this pressured isolation. After a wonderful flip, he was capable of finding the required relaxation to dominate the Italian Filippo Tortu and take gold.
“I am struggling to realize, it is simply cool, defined Geneva on the RTS microphone. I stored choosing till I reached the end line. I felt that the flip was actually good and I centered alone race to get this European title at 21, I ought to level out. The truth is, I did not really feel the stress to select anybody up entrance. Lastly being in lane 9 was a superb reward.“
Mumenthaler’s pleasure was even better as a result of he was in a position to share the rostrum with William Reais from Grison. That is the primary time in Swiss athletics with two athletes on a European podium. Mumenthaler received in 20”28 for his private greatest, and William Reais ran in 20”47.
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