BH athletes recorded excellent results at the European Games in Baku in the last couple of days. BH athlete Hamza Alić, won first place in the shot put by achieving a length of 20.26 meters, and another BH athlete, Amel Tuka, broke the European games 800 meter record.
A member of the Athletic Club of Zenica, Amel Tuka, ran the 800 meters in a time of 1:50:16, and improved placement of our team in this prestigious competition. Amel held the first position during the whole length of the race, and at the end he celebrated his result by lowering his face to the ground.
Kemal Mešić was awarded 3rd place in discus, which is not his primary discipline, and the athlete Gorana Cvijetić, who ran the 100-meter hurdles in 14.11 seconds, was ranked 3rd as well. Another 3rd place went to Osman Junuzović who ran 3,000 meters with a time 8:54.55, while Mladen Petrušić won 4th place with a height of 1.78 meters in high jump.
Our team is currently in 6th place with score of 161 points, out of 14 teams, and javelin thrower Dejan Mileusnić will perform as well.
(Source: klix.ba)
