Bosnia and Herzegovina middle-distance runner Amel Tuka, with his best time this season, won third place in the 800 meters race at the 36th International Athletics Meeting “Sport and Solidarity”, which was held at the “Guido Teghil” stadium in the city of Lignano Sabbiadoro.
Tuka, after finishing seventh at the meeting in Lyon, France on July 5, also with the best time of the season – 1:47.17, this time significantly improved this season’s best result and won third place with a time of 1:44.91.
The winner Jake Wightman with 1:44.71 and his countryman in second place Alex Botteril with 1:44.82 achieved personal records, as well as the sixth-placed Slovenian Jan Vukovič with 1:45.85. Two other competitors, besides Tuka, ran the best times of the season.
The last time Tuka ran a better time was on July 30, 2021, in the semi-finals of the 32nd Olympic Games in the Japanese capital Tokyo – 1:44.53 (he finished 2022 with a time of 1:45.87; 2023 with 1:46.69 and last year, 2024 with 1:45.91), which is also his best time at olympic games. Then he was sixth in the final with a time of 1:45.98.
The result he achieved last night in Italy could, even though he is already 35 years old, secure him an appearance at this year’s World Outdoor Championship, which is currently being held in Tokyo, from the 13th to the 21st. September.
The standard for competing in Tokyo for the 800-meter event is 1:44.50, but even if he fails to run the standard, it will be enough to be among the first 56 competitors on the ranking list, because 56 middle-distance runners will be in the qualifications for the semi-finals of the 800-meter event at the World Championships.
The World Outdoor Championships have so far been competitions where he has achieved personal bests, as well as placings for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Thus, on August 22, 2015, in Beijing, China, he won bronze with 1:46.30, and on October 1, 2019, in Doha, Qatar, with his best time at the world’s best athletes’ reviews – 1:43.47, he won silver, which is the greatest success of BiH athletics in history.
Personal and BiH he ran the record 10 years ago, on July 17, 2015 in Monte Carlo, when he won the Diamond League meeting with – 1:42.51.
Mesud Pezer in the shot put is second in Bosnia and Herzegovina. trump card for Tokyo. He needs to achieve a length of 21.50 meters or be among the 36 on the ranking list. His personal record, which he achieved on August 13, 2019, is 21.48 meters.
Pezer achieved the longest shot this year at the meeting in Johva, Estonia, where he was fourth with 20.11 meters, while last year he achieved the longest shot on February 13 in Belgrade, where he set a new personal and BH mark with 21.42 meters. indoor record.
