Samuel Barata established this Sunday, October 5, a new national record of 10 kilometers, when running the distance in 28 minutes, in Brasov, Romania, in a race won by Ethiopian Khairi Bejiga (26.54). Benfica athlete, Portuguese half-marathon record holder (59.40), ended ninth and removed a second to the previous maximum of 10 km (28.01), which belonged to Isaac Nader, current world champion of 1500 meters, since January.
“It’s a sense of happiness to return to competition after a long time stopped. It was very hard to be stopped for a long time without competing. Being these months without this pet, without this anxiety, it was not easy. I’m very happy. I was invited to come here to Brasov to do the 10 kilometers and unexpectedly I got a national record here. Let’s expect it to be approved, but it seems that this year is the right distance “, said Samuel Barata, at the end of the
The athlete hopes that the new national record of the 10 km achieved in the return to the competition is “a good foreshadowing for the following half marathon”, for the week: “The training I did in the last two months has been well done. I was a long time stood, but it also gave the body, especially the physical and mental fatigue. Although I still have some pain in Achilles. They appear, as happened today. “