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Ran only 0.01 seconds.

19-year-old A. Dambrauskas, a Vilnius resident, made his debut at the European Co-Athletics Championship, which took place in Apeldorne (Netherlands).

The student of the coaches Andrei Tolstika and Irina Krakoviak-Holstics ran 60 m in 6.62 seconds. and repeated since 1993. The Lithuanian record of this match, which Kastytis Klimas has reached.

A. Dambrauskas took ninth place among 24 participants in the semifinals. The eight fastest sprinters entered the finals, and the Lithuanian ran out of 0.01 seconds before this stage.

Medals were shared by British representative Jeremiah Azu (6.49 sec), a national record for Henry Larsson (6.52 sec) and other British Andrew Robertson (6.55 sec).

“Before the championship, I glanced at the statistics about Lithuanian performances. It was noted that K. Klimas ran the distance in Paris in 1994 in 6.74 seconds. and took ninth place. I thought that I would not be able to achieve such high positions, but I would run faster, – A. Dambrauskas shared his thoughts. – I wanted to show what I could. I tried not to think about the record, the opinions of those around me and take out psychological pressure. I am convinced that the level of Europe is not distant to me, though in the past it seemed very high. ”

Debut: B. Juškevičiūtė, who started the European Championship for the first time, improved her personal pentathlon record. / D. Photo by Kibirkštio / Lightoji.lt

Remained bitterness

Doville Kilty took fourth place in the triple finals. This is the highest achievement of Lithuanian athletes at the European Indoor Championships since 2019, when Airine Palšytė won a bronze medal in the high-speed competition in Glasgow (Scotland).

D. Kilty's score in Apeldorne – 13.80 m. The Spaniard Ana Geleteiro-Comparai continued to jump-14.37 m, Romanian Diana Ana Maria Ion-14.31 m and Finnish Salminen-13.99 m.

“I was in good athletic shape and I believed I could fight for high places. But in sports, you can never be sure how the competition will occur. Fourth place in the European Championship is a great achievement, but when I was third, there is a little bit of bitterness. However, I am satisfied with my performance and how I handled the tension. I am capable of competing with the strongest triplers. It is very motivated, ”said D. Kilty, who originated in Šiauliai.

Sports can never be sure how the competition will occur.

The twelfth place was taken by Aina Grikšaitė (13.52 m), fourteenth – Diana Zagainova (13.42 m) from Vilnius.

A burst of records

The personal record was improved by Beatričė Juškevičiūtė, who scored 4,413 points in the pentathlon (her previous highest score was 4,282 points).

Kaunas took eighth place among fourteen participants.

B. Juškevičiūtė improved this season's results in the 60 m barrier running (8.18 seconds), jump (1.69 m), ball pushing (13.98 m) and leap (5.88m) (5.88 m).

The gold medal was won by the national record for Saga Vanninen (4,922 pts), Sofie Docter (4,826 points), and bronze – Air Kate O'Connor (4,781 points), who improved the national record).

Edgar Benkunskas, Kaunas, finished the seventh competition among the twelve athletes (5,439 points).

The fourth was the Estonian Johannes Ermas (6,380 points), which was the fourth, while Norwegian Sander Skotheim (6,558 points) and National Records improved by Swiss Simon Ehammer (6,506) p.).

Fourth: D. Kilty was 19 cm from the bronze medal. / D. Photo by Kibirkštio / Lightoji.lt

Will accumulate experience

Thirteenth place was taken by a jumper Jogailė Petrokaitė (6.29 m), and the fifteenth – runner Gabija Galvydytė (800 m – 2 min 04.18 seconds).

The author of the Lithuanian record (2 min 00.97 seconds) was only 0.09 seconds from the semi -finals.

“I was shocked because I really thought I would get to the semi -finals. I was probably running the last circle during my career, but that wasn't enough, Gabija said. – I lack experience, because 800m is a very tactical event, the more often you run, the better. I may lack some aggressiveness and self -confidence, especially when it comes to a better position. ”

In the finals 800 m was most likely to run by Polish Anna Wielgosz (2 min 02.09 sec), Silver was earned by French Clara Liberman (2 min 02.32 sec), and bronze – Slovenė Anita Horvat (2 min 02.52 sec).