The most important selection competition for athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games – the national championship – started in Palanga. The hope to participate in the games was strengthened by all the leaders of the national team who started on the first day of the competition: Adrijus Glebauskas reached the competition record, Ieva Zarankaitė drive dropped the furthest in his career while Simas Bertašius and Agnė Šerkšnienė won the championship with high results.
In the men’s high jump competition, A. Glebauskas jumped 229 cm – the athlete has danced higher only once in his life, having overcome a height one centimeter higher in Kaunas a few weeks ago. Kaunas “earned” 1270 Olympic ranking points and should overtake the jumpers of the Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico in the ranking. Currently, the Lithuanian is ranked 31st, and 32 representatives of this match will go to the Games.
“It was a really different Lithuanian championship, a different competition than all the others I have had in my life. They meant a lot, have a high category. I knew I needed to pick up as many points here as possible to get into the Olympics. That excitement was, the whole month of June very nervous. It is good that we succeeded, maybe not the maximum, but close to the maximum “, – A. Glebauskas was happy with the result.
Whether the athlete will advance to his first Olympic Games in his career will be revealed next week when the planet’s ranking is updated. It is possible to fulfill the norms and collect points until June 29.
Adrijus Glebauskas | Photo by Alfred Pliadis
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“I always plan the worst case scenario, and I got more points according to today’s result. That should be enough, I don’t know, “A. Glebauskas smiled.
High scores were recorded in the discus throw competition. He triumphed among the men Andrius Gudžius, dropping the tool 67.21 m. True, the athlete did only four tests and withdrew from the competition due to leg pain.
“The trauma is not serious, micro, but very fresh. Irritability is, pain is, discomfort prevents throwing. Same as I want, but I make a throw and my foot sticks in the middle. It’s risky, so thanks to Michael for forcing me to show the result. We didn’t take too much risk, we need to save for the Olympics. The result is very satisfied today, looking at the conditions, how I felt, everything is very good, “commented A. Gudžius.
Second place went to the 18-year-old Mykolas Alekna, dropping the tool even 63.52 m. He improved the Lithuanian 19-year-old record belonging to A. Gujis. The European and world champion wholeheartedly supported and encouraged the young colleague in the sector.
“Not only is competition increasing, high-ranking competitions are returning to Lithuania. Michael will lift them only farther and farther up. The result of his age is extremely high, I am extremely happy and encourage the guy to try to realize his potential. From what I saw in the competition today, this result is cosmic “, – A. Gudžius was happy with the progress of the future star.
Andrius Gudžius Photo by Erik Ovcharenko / BNS
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Alekna’s sixth test flew beyond the 65-meter limit, but obstructed the table showing the number on the side of the sector and was disregarded. The Olympic standard is 66 meters.
“We are working with the coach, we are preparing. I expected the results to be good, but not so good. I thought I was throwing over 60 meters, said Alekna. – 65 meters may be real, but a little too early. I only had two workouts with a 2kg disc, the first race. I’m not really trying to meet the Olympic standard, this year I have my age group world championship, European championship, so I will focus on my weight tool. “
The drive flew away for women as well. I.Zarankaitė improved her personal record by dropping 62.08 m. By the way, today the thrower mentions a kind of anniversary – a breakthrough in his career and a rain of records began on June 25 last year in Birštonas.
“It felt very good, of course, I wanted an Olympic norm. I’m really excited – finally a personal record. I have a hard time quitting all season, I feel pressure because of the Olympics, because of the norm. The psychological pressure is felt, of course, I charge it for myself. In the end, the result is more similar to what I was preparing for, ”said I. Zarankaitė.
Ieva Zarankaitė Photo by Alfred Pliadis
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For Utena, this result brought 1210 Olympic ranking points, and if the selection for the Tokyo Games ended today, she would receive the last ticket. However, other countries’ national championships will take place on the weekend, so ours will need a successful start in the Vilnius Sports Club Cosma Cup competition on Tuesday. The Olympic standard is 63.50 cm.
“I am very happy to have lost 62 meters today. It gives me the confidence that I can throw even further. Another competition is waiting for us, we hope to get there as a norm or at least get as close to it as possible “, – I.Zarankaitė believes in success.
S.Bertašius triumphed in the 1500 m competition, having covered the distance in 3 minutes. 40.14 sec and scored 1205 points in the savings box, which will improve the position in the qualifying ranking for the Tokyo Games. One of the biggest surprises in the championship was recorded in the 400 m match, where the first resident of Lithuania living in Lithuania won a gold medal. Tomas Keršulis. The 19-year-old covered the distance in 47.79 seconds. and achieved the best result of the country season.
A.Šerkšnienė became the champion in the analogous women’s competition for the eighth time, running the distance in 52.86 seconds. By the way, after the European team championship held last weekend, the athlete was ill, but he could not afford to run out of luxury in the Lithuanian championships and lose the ranking positions.
“I think that we managed to (recover – lengoji.lt) as much as possible. There was really doubt as to whether I could run today. And before that, the form wasn’t impressive, O now I’m still out for a week. It’s like the last chance to qualify, to improve your ranking at the Olympics, I thought, anyway, you need to ignore the negative events. I’m really happy, I think I succeeded today “, – A.Šerkšnienė was satisfied with the performance.
The athlete will still compete in Vilnius on Tuesday, but the chances of improving the average of rating points are not high.
“I feel a low tide of emotions, but I will still participate in the Cosma Cup, I will run 400 m. I want to do everything I can to be calm after that, ”A. Šerkšnienė smiled.
The Lithuanian Athletics Championships will continue on Saturday – especially important starts are waiting Irish Palšytės, Dovilės Kilty, Modest Morauskaitės and Gedimino Truskauskas.
Winners of the first day of the championship:
Men
100 m. 1.Kristupas Seikauskas (Kaunas / Panevėžys) 10.68 / 0.6 (won the championship for the first time), 2.Giedrius Rupeika (Vilnius) 10.85, 3.Kostas Skrabulis (Vilnius) 10.88 (in the selection 10.51 / 2.0).
400 m. 1.Tomas Keršulis (USA) 47.79 (personal record, best result of Lithuanian season, first competition in Lithuania), 2.Darius Križanovskij (Vilnius) 49.24, 3.Einius Trumpa (Kaunas / Rokiškis) 49.50.
1500 m. 1.Simas Bertašius (Raseiniai / Vilnius) 3: 40.14 (sixth consecutive championship won), 2.Robertas Vališauskas (Šiauliai / Šiauliai district) 3: 55.53, 3.Justinas Laurinaitis (Vilnius / Klaipėda) 4: 05.60.
10000 m. 1.Ignas Brasevičius (Druskininkai / Vilnius) 30: 50.36 (defended the title of champion won in 2020) 2.Remigijus Šnioka (Vilnius) 32: 29.68 (personal record), 3.Aurimas Rimkus (Šiauliai) 32: 47.41 (personal record).
3000 m hurdles. 1.Giedrius Valinčius (Marijampolė) 8: 59.67 (personal record, fulfilled the norm of the European U23 Championship, defended the title won last year), 2.Lukas Tarasevičius (Alytus / Švenčionys) 9: 13.55 (personal record), 3.Jonas Beleška (Kaunas) 9: 49.19.
110 m hurdles. 1.Rokas Ickys (Šiauliai) 14.10 / 1.1 (first gold medal), 2.Martynas Vrašinskas (Kaunas / Klaipėda) 14.32, 3.Edgaras Benkunskas (Kaunas) 14.39 (personal record).
Height. 1.Adrijus Glebauskas (Kaunas / Kėdainiai) 2.29 (Record of Lithuanian championships, became the champion for the fifth time – earlier in 2016, 2018-2020), 2.Augustas Bukauskas (Kaunas) 2.10, 3.Dainius Pazdrazdis (Kaunas) 2.05.
Kartis. 1.Osvaldas Gedrimas (Klaipėda) 4.90 (won for the fifth time in a row, sixth in all time), 2.Tomas Sabašinskas (Kaunas) 4.40, 3.Matas Adamonis (Kaunas) 4.30.
Tolis. 1.Tomas Lotužis (Skuodas / Vilnius) 7.45 / 0.0 (won the championship for the third time), 2.Ramūnas Kleinauskas (Kaunas / Skuodas) 7.34 / -0.2, 3.Algirdas Strelčiūnas (Pasvalys) 7.19 / -0.1.
The ball. 1.Šarūnas Banevičius (Klaipėda / Klaipėda district) 16.92 (eighth champion gold medal, invincible for the last 7 years), 2.Vytenis Ivaškevičius (Vilnius) 15.95, 3.Naubartas Stripeikis (Šiauliai) 15.63.
Disk. 1.Andrius Gudžius (Kaunas) 67.21 (became Lithuanian champion for the fifth time in a row, seventh time in all time), 2.Mykolas Alekna (Vilnius) 63.52 (personal record, eighth result in Lithuania in the whole history, Lithuanian 19-year record, best world season result in youth group), 3.Martynas Alekna (Vilnius) 58.26.
4 × 100 m. 1.Kaunas (Gabrielius Bžeskis, Einius Trumpa, Domas Gailevičius, Kristupas Seikauskas) 42.13, 2.Šiauliai 43.80, 3.Biržai 44.66.
100 m. 1.Akvilė Andriukaitytė (Panevėžys / Vilnius) 11.68 / 0.0 (personal record, best result of Lithuanian season, first championship won), 2.Eva Misiūnaitė (Kaunas / Vilnius) 11.71 / 0.0 (personal record), 3.Andrė Ožechauskaitė (Kaunas) 11.77 / 0.0 (in the selection 11.75 / 1.4).
400 m. 1.Agnė Šerkšnienė (Kaunas) 52.86 (starting the eighth championship won in 2008), 2.Erika Krūminaitė (Klaipėda) 56.30, 3.Gabija Galvydytė (Jonava / Kaunas) 56.59.
1500 m. 1.Viktorija Varnagirytė (Šiauliai district/Vilkaviškis) 4: 37.73 (became the champion for the first time), 2.Vytautė Budavičienė (Kaišiadorys / Kaunas) 4: 48.48, 3.Meda Gasickaitė (Šiauliai) 4: 49.31 (personal record).
10000 m. 1.Diana Lobačevskė (Vilnius) 35: 01.13 (10000 m wins every 10 years in Lithuanian championships – the previous two victories were achieved in 2001 and 2011), 2.Gitana Akmanavičiūtė (Kaunas) 38: 11.63 (personal record), 3.Aušra Garunkšnytė (Vilnius) 42: 40.46 (personal record).
100 m hurdles. 1.Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (Kaunas) 14.01 / 0.8 (personal record, best result of Lithuanian season, first won championship, European U23 championship norm was fulfilled), 2.Gabija Klimukaitė (Klaipėda) 14.43 (selection 14.25 / 0.8), 3.Neda Lasickaitė ( Vilnius) 14.69 (personal record).
Kartis. 1.Akvilė Gedminaitė (Klaipėda) 3.40 (best result of the Lithuanian season, first medal won in Lithuanian championships), 2.Elzė Kudulytė (Vilnius) 3.10 (personal record), 3.Ugnė Liubinaitė (Kaunas) 3.10.
Tolis. 1.Jogailė Petrokaitė (Raseiniai) 6.28 / -0.2 (third gold medal), 2.Atėnė Šliževičiūtė (Kaunas) 5.76 / 1.3, 3.Austė Macijauskaitė (Kaunas) 5.68 / 0.2.
The ball. 1.Ieva Zarankaitė (Utena) 15.47 (fifth champion title in ball push), 2.Urtė Bačianskaitė (Panevėžys) 14.52 (European U23 Championship standard fulfilled), 3.Marija Šyvytė (Kaunas / Utena) 13.80.
Disk. 1.Ieva Zarankaitė (Utena) 62.08 (personal record, best result of the Lithuanian season, fourth consecutive champion title in discus throw), 2.Zinaida Sendriūtė (Skuodas) 59.51 (18th medal – 13 gold, 5 silver – in Lithuanian championships) , 3.Paulina Stuglytė (Rokiškis / Vilnius) 48.91 (personal record, Lithuanian 16-year-old record)
4 × 100 m. 1.Vilnius (Elzė Kudulytė, Neda Lasickaitė, Elena Jasaitė, Kotryna Uzialaitė) 49.18 (the best result of the Lithuanian season), 2.Klaipėda 49.70, 3.Šiauliai 50.03.
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