Pallitsch narrowly misses the precious metal – the Olympics are in sight!

Pallitsch narrowly misses the precious metal – the Olympics are in sight!

In an exciting competition over 1500 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Raphael Pallitsch took an outstanding sixth place. The 34-year-old athlete, who recently moved to Union St. Pölten, was not intimidated by the intense demands of the race. Despite a challenge in the preliminary heat, where he took sixth place, in the final he only missed his personal record of 3:33.59 minutes, which he had previously set in Ostrava, with a time of 3:33.60 minutes. Loud noen.at The multiple national champion started the race well, but until shortly before the finish he had to choose a more defensive tactic in order to protect himself from possible scuffles.

In the final, Pallitsch particularly impressed with a strong finish that catapulted him from 14th to 6th place. He showed excellent motivation and improved his time to a fantastic 13.02 seconds in the last 200 meters. “Sixth place is disturbed,” said Pallitsch positively about his race, while at the same time noting that he was only 26 hundredths of a second short of the medal. The Norwegian top runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen confidently secured gold with a time of 3:31.95 minutes, followed by the Belgian Jochem Vermeulen and the Italian Pietro Arese puls24.at reported.

Pallitsch, who restarted his career during the corona pandemic and gave up his teaching job, is now hoping to take part in the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. It seems as if his impressive performance in Rome represents a big step in that direction. “Actually, I should be through,” he said optimistically about his chances of taking part in the Olympics. Despite the excitement of his success, he still feels a certain trance and will have to continue to deal with the result.