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On Sunday morning, Vera Hoffman finished in second place in the 1500-meter race, behind the Italian Laura Pellicoro.
After the gold medal for Patrizia van der Weken in the 100-meter run, Luxembourg earned a second medal during the University Games in Chengdu, China.
From the very beginning of the race, the Luxembourger Vera Hoffman fought her way to the front runners. At the start of the last round she was at the forefront. But on the last 200 meters she was overtaken by Laura Pellicoro.
The Italian athlete finished the race in 4 minutes 15.82 seconds, and received the gold medal. Vera Hoffman won silver with a time of 4 minutes, 16.47 seconds. Silan Ayyildiz from Turkey won the bronze medal with a time of 4 minutes 17.26 seconds.
The overall pace of the run was quite slow. Vera’s own personal best is at 4 minutes and 6.94 seconds.
