{"id":111802,"date":"2025-08-08T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/111802-at-the-start-of-the-european-u20-championship-lithuanian-athletes-reached-the-first-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:00:31","slug":"at-the-start-of-the-european-u20-championship-lithuanian-athletes-reached-the-first-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/en\/news\/111802-at-the-start-of-the-european-u20-championship-lithuanian-athletes-reached-the-first-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"At the start of the European U20 Championship, Lithuanian athletes reached the first finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the European Junior (U20) Championships began in Tampere (Finland), in which ten Lithuanian athletes participate. On the first day of the competition, as many as nine of our competitors started \u2013 triple jumper <strong>Aur\u0117ja Beniu\u0161yt\u0117 <\/strong>and javelin thrower <strong>Orinta Navikait\u0117 <\/strong>made it to the finals of their competitions, while sprinter <strong>Matas Janarauskas <\/strong>won the right to start in the semi-finals. <\/p>\n<p>In the javelin throw qualification, O. Navikait\u0117 demonstrated the second result among all participants. The tool launched by the athlete flew 53.03 m (49.08-53.03), and this result immediately opened the door to the final, as the qualification norm (53.00 m) was met. <strong>August\u0117 Virbalait\u0117<\/strong> was only five centimeters short of the final, who threw the javelin 47.96 m (47.96-46.92-46.01) in the qualification. This result allowed the Lithuanian to take 13th place in the championship.   <\/p>\n<p>The triple jump qualification barrier was confidently overcome by A. Beniu\u0161yt\u0117, who jumped 12.92 m (12.92-12.84-12.85) in the best attempt. This is the seventh result among all participants and a ticket to the final, where 12 athletes will compete. In the 400 m qualification, M. Janarauskas shone, who set a season record (47.67 seconds), took second place in his run and reached the semi-finals.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Matas Mikul\u0117nas<\/strong>, who started in the ball pushing qualification, took the 14th position in the championship. The athlete pushed the ball 17.33 m, and he was 30 centimeters short of the dreamed twelve. <strong>Kasparas Gustas<\/strong>, who took the 17th place (pole vault \u2013 4.90 m), <strong>Arminas A\u010das<\/strong>, who finished 20th (discus throw \u2013 51.35 m), <strong>Eva Au\u0161rait\u0117 <\/strong>(400 m \u2013 55.64 seconds), and <strong>Martynas Kolupaila <\/strong>(100 m \u2013 11.06 seconds), who finished 35th.  <\/p>\n<p>On Friday, M. Janarauskas will start in the semi-finals of the 400 m run (16:51), while A. Beniu\u0161yt\u0117 will appear in the triple jump final (17:05). The championship is broadcast live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionsport.com\/en\/explore\/sports\/athletics\">Eurovision Sport<\/a> portal. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>lengvoji.lt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Darius Kibirk\u0161\u010dis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the European Junior (U20) Championships began in Tampere (Finland), in which ten Lithuanian athletes participate. 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