Kevin Borlee cherishes win at the Meeting de Madrid 2011 – IAAF World Challenge
As the Meeting de Madrid 2011 concluded on Saturday, July 9, it was the Belgian sprinter and 400m European Champion, Kevin Borlee, who bagged the title with his scintillating effort.
While serving his best in the race, which is regarded as an IAAF World Challenge Meeting, the young sprinter marked his new Personal Best of 44.74 seconds. The other prominent performance observed in the event was of Justin Gatlin, who for a success in the
100m, marked 10.10 seconds.
Borlee, who first grabbed the limelight by qualifying for the semi-finals at the Summer Olympics 2008 and later on at the 2009 World Olympic Championships, is the reigning European Champion for the distance he specialises in. The 23-year-old is also a part
of Belgium’s 4x400 relay squad who finished for a fifth place at the 2008 Summer Olympics and managed to climb to fourth position at the World Championships in 2009.
One year down the line, the performance displayed by his relay team was improved further as at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, they earned a silver medal. The squad comprised of the finest 400m runners from Belgium, who then secured third spot on the
podium while competing at the 2010 European Championships.
In the event commenced on Saturday, for clocking his new PB, the Belgian proved that he was relishing perhaps the best form of his entire career. Though he had put in toiling efforts to raise his performance to such level, yet the outcomes he achieved were
even beyond his imagination.
Talking about his win in the event, a happy looking Borlee said, “I didn’t expect to perform so well today since I’m suffering from stomach problems since last Monday. In addition, I was hampered by the headwind in the home straight but I’m really satisfied
with my new personal best.”
While sharing his comments about this marvellous win, he revealed that he was going to have his next battle back at home where a 4x100 relay at Heusden on next Saturday, will also observe him contesting for a 200m challenge.
Responding to a query from a reporter, in which Borlee was asked whether his win at the European championships in Barcelona had changed his life by any means after he got free from his university in United States, he said, “Not at all, I have to train even
harder than ever as this year I have to compete at the Worlds. I would like to make the final there. My brother and I are training pretty good and we look forward to the Worlds.”
Keeping in view the form the young sprinter has depicted at the Meeting de Madrid of this year, it is pretty much evident that provided with an equally hard training, he will definitely perform well in the upcoming events.
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