Czech Indoor Champs + Doha team
04.03.2010 World
The biggest headline of the weekend in Prague’s Otakar Jandera Hall came from hurdler Petr Svoboda.
His magnificent 7.44 NR win in the 60m Hurdles not only brought him to within 0.03 of the world lead in that event but catapulted him to the number-six performer all-time among Europeans.
The 25-year-old gave a hint of his record run with 7.52 in the heats, which itself was both a championships record and hall record.
Svoboda had taken keen note of many of Cuban Dayron Robles’ training and technique minutiae over several seasons and had incorporated much into his own regimen. “It’s good to know that I’m now approaching the level of my role model,” Svoboda admitted.
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