Speed fencer Reetta Hurske’s 60-meter fence SE time is now 7.86. In the last ten years, only six Europeans have run faster than Hursket.
17:13•Updated 17:29
Quick beeper Reetta Hurske broke twice the new 60-meter Finnish record in Dusseldorf, Germany. The runner from Tampelais already clocked 7.88 in the preliminaries and improved his SE time two weeks ago by two hundredths.
In the final, we saw an even harder ride from Hurskee. The 27-year-old Finnish woman was second in the run with a time of 7.86. The competition was won by last summer’s European champion, Poland Pia Skrzyszowska with a time of 7.84.
Hurske’s time is the second time in the European statistics of this Halli period after the Polish one. Time 7.86 is a hard currency in European terms. In the last ten years, only six European players have run faster than that.
The world record for the trip is Susanna Kallurin. In 2008, the Swede ran a wild time of 7.68.
Known for his fast starts, Hurske is at his best at just 60 meters. During this season, he has already improved his record from last year by seven hundredths.
Hurskee’s bets bode well for the European Championships held in Istanbul in just over a month. Two years ago, Hurske was the fourth in the European Championship.