Short track player Robert Kruzberg (no.34) at the Beijing Olympics.
Photo: Edijs Pālens / LETA
Ilmārs Stūriška, “Latvijas Avīze”, JSC “Latvijas Mediji”
Short track player Roberts Krūzbergs achieved the best result in Latvia in this sport at the Beijing Olympic Games in 500 meters – ninth place.
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Kruzberg overcame his qualifier and advanced to the semifinals in the quarterfinals yesterday with an excellent final lap from fifth to third place, leaving out Hungary’s Shaolin Liu. In it, the Ventspils resident finished last in his skating, as well as later in the B final, but he finished ninth. So far, the best result for Latvian short track runners was tenth place for Harald Silov (1500 meters in 2010) and Robert Zvejnieks (2018 – 500 meters).
Yesterday, for the first time during the Olympics, it snowed in Beijing. Mountain skier Miks Zvejnieks took 26th place in his Olympic debut in giant slalom, repeating the best result of his brother Kristaps, a three-time participant in the Olympic Games. 46 out of 89 athletes reached the finish line.
Baiba Bendika’s biathlon program ended in a fiasco – in the 7.5-kilometer sprint with three shooting errors, only the 50th place and 10 kilometers of driving yesterday, nothing significant could be saved. With six mistakes in shooting, Cēsis finished 48th, which is her highest in the second Olympic Games.
Four years ago, Pyongyang had better results in all three distances in the fourth decade. Bendika also took part in the historical cross-country skiing relay for Latvia – our ladies were represented in it for the first time, taking the 17th place out of 18 teams. Patricia Eiduka relegated the relay to tenth place in a clash with the Norwegian, Kitty Auziņa – 15th, Bendika raised to 12th position, but Samantha Krampe slipped down again, conceding three seconds for Estonians and five seconds for Kazakhstan.
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