2026-07-08
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11 track and field athletes will represent Lithuania at the European Junior Championships

After the European Junior (U18) Championship qualification was over, it became clear that Lithuania will be represented by 11 athletes at the championships to be held in Rietis (Italy) on July 16-19 . One of them – Redas Šiuipys – will compete in two events – high jump and triple jump. The entire team line-up: Simona Šlapšinskaitė (400 m), Vėtrūnė Adomavičiūtė (800 m), Samanta Machankovaitė (3000 m), Justė Andrijauskaitė (5000 m walk), Jokūbas Avgustaitis (ball push), Liucija Džiaugytė (javelin throw), Gintarė Minevičiūtė (discus throw), Viktorija Urbelytė (discus throw), Darija Matukaitytė (high jump), Gertė Žičkutė (triple jump).

Schedule and Lithuanian start times:

JULY 16 (Thursday)

High jump qualification – 10.40 a.m. (with the participation of Redas Šiuipys)

Discus throw qualification – 5 pm or 6.10 pm (with Gintarė Minevičiūtė and Viktorija Urbelytė)

400 m qualification – 6.55 p.m. (with Simona Šlapšinskaitė)

 

JULY 17 (Friday)

Javelin throw qualification – 10.30 a.m. or 11.50 a.m. (with Liucija Džiaugytė)

800 m qualification – 11.20 a.m. (with Vėtrūnė Adomavičiūtė)

High jump qualification – 12.40 p.m. (with the participation of Darija Matukaitytė)

Triple jump qualification – 5 p.m. (with Gertė Žičkutė)

400 m semi-final – 6:40 p.m. (if qualified, Simona Šlapšinskaitė participates)

 

JULY 18 (Saturday)

Triple jump qualification – 10.00 a.m. (with Redas Šiuipys)

High jump final – 12:18 p.m. (if qualified, Redas Šiuipys participates)

Ball pushing qualification – 13.10 (with Jokūbas Avgustaitis)

400 m final – 7.20 p.m. (if qualified, Simona Šlapšinskaitė participates)

Discus throw final – 8:20 p.m. (if qualified, Gintarė Minevičiūtė and Viktorija Urbelytė participate)

Ball push final – 20:35 (if qualified, Jokūbas Avgustaitis participates)

JULY 19 (Sunday)

800 m final – 7.45 p.m. (if qualified, Vėtrūnė Adomavičiūtė participates)

5000 m walking final – 10.30 a.m. (with Justė Andrijauskaitė)

Javelin throw final – 13:40 (if qualified, Liucija Džiaugytė participates)

3000 m final – 11.35 a.m. (with Samanta Machankovaitė)

Triple jump final – 13:15 (if qualified, Redas Šiuipys will participate)

Triple jump final – 7:13 p.m. (if qualified, Gertė Žičkutė participates)

High jump final – 5 p.m. (if qualified, Darija Matukaitytė participates)

 

The championship fights will be broadcast live on EurovisionSport.

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