On Sunday, the championship ended. In the rain , Mykolas Alekna won the silver medal in 67.84. Andrius Gudžius took the sixth place (63.43), Martynas Alekna – seventh (63.34). Results.
On Saturday, the discus throw qualification competition took place in the morning session. All our throwers made it to tomorrow’s final. Martynas Alekna already fulfilled the norm in the first throw – 67.16 m (the best result of the season). Mykolas Alekna’s result was eighth – 65.39 m (65.39 – x – 65.29), Andrius Gudžius – ninth – 65.18 m (65.18 – x – 65.05). Results.
Beatričė Juškevičiūtė was waiting for the last three events of the heptathlon:
Long jump. 5.76 (x – x – 5.76/-0.3), 19th place, after five games – 16th place. Results.
Javelin throw. 46.66 (46.66 – 44.38 – 44.18), 8th place, after six races – 13th place. Results.
800 m run. 2:14.90, 11th place. Results.
With 6151 points, Beatričė took 14th place in the championship. Summary results of the heptathlon.
On Friday, the heptathlon competition began. Among the 23 participants – Beatričė Juškevičiūtė:
100 m hurdles. 13.03/-0.7, 2nd place, the best result of the Lithuanian season. Results.
High jump. 1.62 (1.56/1 1.59/1 1.62/1 1.65/xxx), 22nd place, after two games – 19th place. Results.
Shot put. 14.17 (14.17-14.09-13.86), 7th place, after three games – 15th place. Results.
200 m run. 23.80/0.4, 5th place, after four games 16th place (3684 points). Results
Summary results of the heptathlon.
Gabija Galvydytė finished eighth in the second semi-final run of the 800 m (1:57.96, personal record, best result of the Lithuanian season). She took 12th place in the championship. Results.
In the javelin throw qualification competition , Liveta Jasiūnaitė took 20th place – 58.66 m (57.04-58.66-x). Results.
On Thursday, in the 6th qualifying run of the 800 m, Gabija Galvydytė took the second place (1:58.86) and made it to the semifinals. Results.
On Wednesday, two of our athletes competed.
In Group A of the javelin throw qualification competition, Edis Matusevičius was seventh among 19 participants – 82.78 m (79.73 – 82.78 – x). After the group B competition, it turned out that Eddie did not manage to make it to the final – among all the participants, his result was thirteenth, only 3 cm separated from the final. Results.
In the second 200 m qualifying run , Gediminas Truskauskas finished eighth (20.95/-0.5) and did not qualify for the semi-finals. Among all participants, his score was 47th. Results.
On Tuesday, Dovilė Kilty took 13th place in the triple jump qualification competition – 13.86 m (13.54/1.1, 13.86/0.8 x). She was 14 cm short of the final. Results.
On Monday, the Lithuanians did not compete.
On Sunday, two Lithuanians competed.
In the men’s high jump qualification competition , Juozas Baikštys , together with six other jumpers, shared the 22nd place – 2.16 m (2.16/1, 2.21/xxx). Results.
In the first run of the 1500 m semi-finals, Gabija Galvydytė finished eighth (4:01.79) and did not make it to the final (she had to be among the first six). In the final championship line-up, Gabija is sixteenth. Results.
On Saturday, the World Athletics Championships began in Tokyo.
The first among the Lithuanians started the championship fights Ieva Gumbs. In the discus throw qualification competition, she took 22nd place among 37 participants – 58.97 m (x – 58.97 – x). Results.
In the fourth qualifying run of 1500 m, Gabija Galvydytė finished fifth (4:02.81) and will run in the semifinals on Sunday. Results.