"Bronze" prize-winner of the European Championship in the 800 meters race Ukrainian Olga Lyakhova admitted that she was stung by a wasp directly during the competition.

This annoying incident occurred with her half an hour before the start of the semifinal race.

"There are minor problems at competitions. In the semifinal half an hour before the start, a wasp hit me in the nose and bit me. It was difficult to breathe. I perenervnichala, but miraculously passed into the final.

There already, thank God, everything turned out ok, but this was my first time.

Already in the finals the first 500 meters I ran among the last - this is such a tactic. At first I wanted to run ahead, but at the distance I realized that there would be no comfort at all. I had to save my strength as much as possible in order to make a final breakthrough, "Lyakhova said..

Recall that in the same race, "gold" won another Ukrainian - Natalia Prishchepa.

Earlier wasp stung goalkeeper of Dynamo Kiev - Denis Boyko.