Kaunas hosted thousands of marathoners today: the 14th Kaunas Acropolis Marathon took place.
Its winners were:
Men. 1.Lukas Tarasevičius (Vilnius) 2:25:28, 2. Andrej Jegorov (Vilnius district) 2:27:41, 3.Dean Sauthoff (GER) 2:29:19.
Women. 1.Dalia Kampa (POL) 2:52:36, 2. Modesta Bužerytė (Vilnius) 2:53:02, 3. Kristė Hincaitė (Šilutė) 3:00:20.
In the half marathon distance, the Lithuanian championship awards were fought:
Men. 1.Remigijus Kančys (Kaunas) 1:10:25, 2. Justinas Čekanauskas (Jonava) 1:10:49, 3. Modestas Dirsė (Vilnius) 1:12:33.
Women. 1.Laura Jegelevičiūtė (Alytus) 1:18:51, 2. Neringa Songailaitė-Kovarskienė (Panevėžys) 1:21:55, 3. Gabrielė Garbauskaitė (Panevėžys) 1:24:39. The fastest among all women was the British Ruby Whyte-Wilding (1:17:03).
The running festival ended with 5 and 10 km runs. They were won by:
5 km. Nikita Samsonovs (LAT) 16:36 and Danielė Šatikaitė (Vilnius) 18:16
10 km. Mantas Jankauskas (Vilnius) 33:10 and Monika Bytautienė (Vilnius) 36:11