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“The legs gave up and that’s it,” said the 27-year-old athlete about the problem that occurred in the canal in Vere on the Marne.
The single rower was sixth in the first semi-final. He covered the distance in 7 minutes. 09.29 sec. S. van Dorps – 6 min. 42.39 sec.
His time was also the worst overall.
“The swimming was very fast. The weather was fast. The tactic was to stick with everyone from the start. If I had started a little slower, I would have received a wave from the Dutchman on the left. I just tried to hold on as much as possible, but…” said G. Bieliauskas.
The athlete immediately recalls the quarter-final, after which he openly said that rowing was extremely difficult.
“I didn’t have enough strength to recover after the quarter-final, which required a lot of strength. I just couldn’t take it anymore. The legs gave up and that’s it. I wanted to try harder, but I couldn’t today, he said. – There was peace in my head – just my legs said “no”. I tried to get stronger for a couple of years, but I couldn’t do it physically. There was no chaos in my head, everything was fine.”
The Lithuanian will take part in the B final on Saturday, where rowers will divide 7-12 places. The G. Bieliauskas B final will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. 42 min. Until then, G. Bieliauskas and his trainers are preparing to change their routine. Usually, after the morning competition, he returns to the canal again in the evening for training.
“I will try not to row, we will experiment with recovery. We talked about recovery, that I didn’t have much time. My body is such that one day is not enough to recover. Everyone’s body is different and I need more rest. We didn’t have that opportunity, but we did everything we could”, the athlete did not hide his disappointment.
Lithuania’s Viktorija Senkutė also participated in the single row competition on Thursday. She covered the distance in 7 minutes. 19.15 sec. and qualified for the A final, which will be held on Saturday. The final will be held at 11 a.m. 42 min.
A and B doubles finals await on Friday.
V. Senkutė’s A final will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. 18 minutes
The G. Bieliauskas B final will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. 42 min.
Brothers Stankūnai will start on Friday at 12 o’clock. 30 minutes
K. Kralikaitė and I. Adomavičiūtė will compete in the A final on Friday at 12:42 p.m.
2024-08-01 11:51:50