Tin Srbić (22) has won the silver medal at the European Championships in Szczecin! The Croatian gymnast became the second-best in Europe in the horizontal bar event, reports, 24 Sata on April 14, 2019.
“It was obviously a big final. This is my first European medal. All three of us did the exercises of our lives,” said Tin Srbić, Croatia’s best gymnast, after winning the silver at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland.
“It was the best exercise I ever did. As soon as I finished, I knew I had a medal. That is my incentive going further, to attack the European, and later Olympic gold. It is much harder to defend a medal than to win the first medal. The pressure is higher because everyone is expecting you to repeat it. I wasn’t scared, but when I was warming up, I did not feel good, I was kind of stiff. But as soon as I got to the bar, it was great,” Srbić added.
Dutchman Epke Zonderland took the gold, and Artur Dalalojan won the bronze. This is Zoderland’s third European title, with three world golds and an Olympic gold from London in 2012.
“Zonderland is brilliant, has a lot of experience, and as soon as he sat down next to me after the exercise, he told me he did the exercise of his life. What’s even better is that I can attack the scores he got. As long as I am free from injuries, I have continuity, and everything will go well,” Srbić said.
Srbić returns to Croatia on Monday.
“We travel in the morning, then we will come home and celebrate this silver,” Srbić concluded.
Recall, in 2017, Srbić became the world champion in Montreal. Srbić has also won the fourth silver medal in the European Championships for Croatia after Filip Ude won in 2008 in Lausanne, Marijo Možnik in 2012 in Montpellier, and Robert Seligman in Glasgow last year. The only Croatian gold medal in the European Championships was won by Marijo Možnik in 2015, though the most significant achievement in the history of Croatian gymnastics is Tin’s world gold from 2017.
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