Raphael Pallitsch: Giant step towards a record at the Indoor Gala in Ostrava!

Raphael Pallitsch: Giant step towards a record at the Indoor Gala in Ostrava!

An impressive sporting event took place at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, where 35-year-old Raphael Pallitsch took fifth place in an outstanding mile race. With a time of 3:55.94 minutes, he delivered the second best performance by an Austrian in this discipline and missed Michael Buchleitner's almost 31-year-old record by just 1.66 seconds. “If I hadn't run in the lead myself at times, I could have even won the race and set a new ÖLV record,” said a satisfied Pallitsch, who sensationally finished sixth in the European Championships over 1,500 meters last year krone.at reports.

Apart from that, Pallitsch now occupies second place in the “all-time” ÖLV indoor best list over the mile and has the chance to break both the indoor and outdoor records. “Today was probably the best race of my career,” he continued, pointing out the historical significance of his time improvement, which was over a second. Isaac Nader from Portugal delivered the winning time with 3:54.17 minutes, while Elliot Giles from Great Britain took second place with 3:54.62 minutes. Leni Lindner previously fought over 60 meters and missed the final by only two hundredths of a second, a fact that makes her coach Philipp Unfried optimistic: “Leni's race wasn't bad,” he said.

Strong performances at a glance

Other Austrian athletes also showed remarkable performances at this meeting. Susanne Gogl-Walli established herself as one of the fastest of the day with 52.63 seconds over 400 meters. “I’m happy with my start to the season,” she said after her run. Markus Fuchs qualified for the final in the 60-meter run and improved his season's best time to 6.67 seconds, which earned him fifth place. “I am very happy with fifth place and hope that I do everything technically right in the coming races,” said Fuchs optimistically about the next competitions oelv.at reports.