On August 7-10, the 28th European Junior (U20) Athletics Championships will take place in Tampere (Finland), with more than 1300 athletes from 48 countries participating. The championship will be held in Tampere for the second time, and ten athletes will appear in the Ratinan Stadium wearing the uniforms of the Lithuanian national team. They will start in nine different races.
Lithuania will be represented in the competition by Martynas Kolupaila (100 m), Eva Aušraitė (400 m), Matas Janarauskas (400 m), Aurėja Beniušytė (triple jump), Joana Fiodorovaitė (long jump), Kasparas Gustas (pole vault), Matas Mikulėnas (ball push), Arminas Ačas (discus throw), Orinta Navikaitė (javelin throw) and Augustė Virbalaitė (javelin throw).
In 2023, the European U20 Championship was held in Jerusalem (Israel). The silver medal was won by Rugilė Miklyčiūtė (pole vault), and Lukas Sutkus (400 m – 4th place), O. Navikaitė (javelin throw – 5th place), Adas Dambrauskas (100 m – 7th place) and Justė Perveneckaitė (10000 m sport walking – 10th place) entered the TOP10.
In total, Lithuanians have won two gold, four silver and one bronze medal in the history of these championships. By the way, in 2005 the European U20 Championship took place in Kaunas, at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium.
The match will be broadcast live on the Eurovision Sport portal. Below is the full schedule of Lithuanian starts.
Thursday (August 7)
10:00 a.m. 400 m qualification (with the participation of Eva Aušraitė);
10:50 a.m. 400 m qualification (with Matas Janarauskas);
12:40 p.m. 100 m qualification (with the participation of Martynas Kolupaila);
1:25 p.m. ball pushing qualification (with Matas Mikulėnas);
1:45 p.m. triple jump qualification (with the participation of Aurėja Beniušytė);
16:15 p.m. discus throw qualification (with Arminas Ačas);
6:00 p.m. pole vault qualification (with the participation of Kasparas Gustas);
19:05 javelin throw qualification (with Orinta Navikaitė);
8:25 p.m. javelin throw qualification (with the participation of Augustė Virbalaitė);
*8:50 p.m. 100 m semi-final (with Martynas Kolupaila).
Friday (August 8)
*12:20 p.m. Shot put final (with the participation of Matas Mikulėnas);
*4:35 p.m. 400 m semi-final (with Matas Janarauskas);
*5:05 p.m. triple jump final (with the participation of Aurėja Beniušytė);
*5:10 p.m. 400 m semi-finals (with Eva Aušraitė);
*9:00 p.m. 100 m final (with the participation of Martynas Kolupaila).
Saturday (August 9)
10:55 a.m. long jump qualification (Joana Feodorovaitė participates);
*12:45 p.m. javelin throw final (with Orinta Navikaitė, Augustė Virbalaitė);
*5:15 p.m. discus throw final (with Arminas Ačas);
*6:10 p.m. pole vault final (with the participation of Kasparas Gustas);
*8:25 p.m. 400 m final (with Matas Janarauskas);
*8:35 p.m. 400 m final (with the participation of Eva Aušraitė).
Sunday (August 10)
*6:55 p.m. Long jump final (Joana Feodorovaitė participates).
*If entered.
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