On August 1-3, the renovated Palanga Stadium will host the Lithuanian Athletics Championships. More than 300 athletes will start there, and the competition will take place in Palanga for the tenth anniversary. In addition, the Lithuanian Athletics Federation (LLAF) sports club team competitions will be held at the same time.
All participants of the championship will be able to meet the norms for the World Championship to be held in Tokyo (Japan) on September 13-21. We remind you that currently Mykolas Alekna (discus throw) and Gabija Galvydytė (1500 m) have a direct ticket to the world championships. In addition, ranking points will be collected, which can bring athletes closer to the start of the World Championships. The qualification system will close on August 24, so all Lithuanian representatives in the World Championship should be clear in the last week of August.
Lithuanian track and field athletes have improved as many as 16 national records this year, so impressive results can be expected in Palanga, where there will be no shortage of action on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
On Friday, 15 Lithuanian champions will be revealed, and on this day the national heptathlon record holder Edgaras Benkunskas (tenth, 15:00), Olympians Liveta Jasiūnaitė (javelin throw, 16:10), Adrijus Glebauskas (high jump, 17:00), Modesta Justė Morauskaitė (400 m, 17:15), Edis Matusevičius (javelin throw, 17:35). National record holders Simas Bertašius (1500 m, 17:00), Giedrius Valinčius (1500 m, 17:00) and Tomas Keršulis (400 m, 17:25) will also stand at the starting line.
On Saturday, at 16:20 p.m., Olympians Mykolas Alekna, Andrius Gudžius and Martynas Alekna will compete in the discus throw sector. Olympians Gabija Galvydytė (800 m, 16:25 hours) and Ieva Gumbs (discus throw, 17:25 hours) will not miss the Lithuanian championships. A busy day awaits S. Bertašius and G. Valinčius, who will first start in the 800 m race (16:35 p.m.) and later join the “Sportland” 400 m run for children (17:35 p.m.).
On Sunday at 11:20 a.m., everyone’s eyes will traditionally turn to the triple jump sector, where the three most capable triple jumpers in the country – Dovilė Kilty, Aina Grikšaitė and Diana Zagainova – will seek the gold medal. Lithuanian record holders Rugilė Miklyčiūtė (pole vault, 10:35 a.m.), Gediminas Truskauskas (200 m, 12:15 p.m.) and Olympian Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekriošienė (5000 m, 11:30 a.m.) will also participate in the competition.
The Lithuanian Championship will be broadcast live on the lrt.lt portal for all three days, and on Saturday 16:00–19:00 and Sunday 10:30–12:30 you will be able to watch the competition on the LRT Plius channel. In addition, broadcasts and recordings can be found on the LLAF Facebook and Youtube channels.
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