Pole vaulter Rugilė Miklyčiūtė once again recorded herself in the history of Lithuanian athletics – on June 27, she took second place in the competition “Someron Seiväskarnevaalit” in Somer (Finland) and even twice improved her own Lithuanian record (4.45 m), overcoming a height of 4.47 m, and later – 4.57 m .

Although the 21-year-old athlete has already broken the national records a dozen times, in an interview on the National Sports Agency’s podcast “Inspire to Move” she said that she and coach Rita Sadzevičienė will take the records completely seriously only after reaching the 4.50 m mark. So now that limit has been crossed.

By the way, the new record brought R. Miklyčiūtė even closer to her debut European Championships , which will take place on August 10-16 in Birmingham (United Kingdom) – the norm of the championships reaches 4.60 m. If this height is not overcome, it is possible to enter the championship according to the ranking, in which R. Miklyčiūtė also rises higher and higher – 30 of the best athletes from the Old Continent will compete in the championships, and the Lithuanian track and field athlete is in 35th place.

Photo by A. Pliadis