Alina Talai: biography and sporting achievements

Alina Talai is a famous sportswoman from Belarus, participant and prize-winner of the World Championship.

Childhood and youth

Alina was born in March 1989 in theThe Byelorussian SSR. She grew up quite an active child, and so the parents decided to give her a daughter in the sports section. They decided that she needed to practice athletics. The future sportswoman did not resist and was happy to visit the sports section.

After a while the coaches noticed that the girl stands out against the background of her peers. Since then, she began to pay a little more attention than the rest.

Alina Talai successfully performed at children's and youth competitions in the domestic arena. Time passed, and the girl gradually began to run professionally.

Youth career

At nineteen she went to her firstcompetitions that took place outside the native Belarus. It was a youth world championship. In the success of the athlete few people believed, but she managed to qualify for the final. Unfortunately, in the finals she took only fourth place. Despite this result, the girl continued to work hard.

A year later, she goes to the European Championships. To the tournament, Alina again came up as a "dark horse". Despite everything, Alina returned home with a bronze award.

In 2011, Alina Talai is participating for the last timein the youth championship of Europe and this time wins a gold medal. Thus, in twenty-two years Alina won her first serious award.

It is worth noting that as early as 2011, she participated in the World War Games and won at a distance of 100 meters with barriers.

Adult career

In 2012, Tali travels to Turkey, whereis the World Indoor Championships. The runner takes the third place at a distance of sixty meters with barriers. In the same year the athlete becomes the second at the European Championships.

The year of 2013 was not too successful for a young athlete. She won only a silver medal at the Universiade, which was held in Russia.

In the spring of 2015 Alina became the champion of Europe at thedistance of 60 meters with barriers, and literally a few months later won bronze at the World Championships in China. Belarus also performed at the Olympic Games in London at a distance of 100 meters with barriers, but left the tournament at the semifinal stage. She also participated in the relay, where the Belarusian team lost in the first round.

Unfortunately, the Olympics brought disappointment: nothing has won Alina Talai. Photos and videos from those competitions show the whole heat of passion and the way the sportswoman tried, but, to the disappointment of the fans, the victory did not win. But to her credit, later, during numerous interviews with journalists, she did not seek excuses, but she honestly admitted that she was not ready for competitions.

Personal indicators

As you can see, Alina Talai is quite an interesting person. The biography of the sportswoman shows the following personal records:

• In the open space the girl ran a hundred meters in 11.48 seconds.
• Two hundred meters, she overcame in 23.59 seconds.
• One hundred meters with obstacles the girl runs for 12.66 seconds.

As for the results in the room, they look like this:

• Sixty yards for 7.31 seconds.
• Sixty meters with barriers in 7.85 seconds. It is worth noting that this is the best result in the history of Belarus.

Since 2008, Alina Talai trains under the direction of Viktor Myasnikov, who is a famous Soviet athlete.

Perhaps if the girl was a little higher, thenI was able to win more awards. It is very difficult to compete with high runners when the growth is only 164 centimeters. Despite this, Talai always aims to win and tries to fight to the last. It is due to the persistent nature of the girl was able to achieve certain heights.