In the women’s competition, Lithuania was represented by experienced Olympian Gintarė Aleksandravičė, Elzbieta Adomaitytė, Martina Rutkauskaitė, and Ieva Želvytė.
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Only G. Aleksandravičė and M. Rutkauskaitė managed to pass the qualification stage. The first scored 1393 points in qualification group A and was 18th, while the second earned 1395 points in group B and was 20th.
Meanwhile, I. Želvytė (1352; group A) and E. Adomaitytė (1345; group B) finished 26th in their groups and ended their performance at the European Championship.
In the semifinal group A, G. Aleksandravičė scored 1393 points and was the first outside the finalists’ cutoff line. However, the experienced Lithuanian pentathlete finished 26 seconds behind the Swiss Florina Jurt, who took 9th place.
M. Rutkauskaitė scored 1358 points in the same group and took 16th place.
In the men’s competition, Lithuania was represented by Jonas Kalaminskas, Paulius Vagnorius, Ignas Zaveckas, Danielius Jevensaperis, and Kajus Marozas.
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From this group of five, only J. Kalaminskas (1574; 4th place in group A) and I. Zaveckas (1565; 10th place in group B) managed to pass the qualification barrier. Meanwhile, P. Vagnorius (1480; 22nd place in group A), D. Jevensaperis (1538; 17th place in group B), and K. Marozas (1463; 22nd place in group C) found this barrier too high.
In the semifinals, the Lithuanians failed to break into the lucky top nine. I. Zaveckas (1499) was 14th in group A, and J. Kalaminskas (1535) was 16th in group B.
At the start of the European Championship, in the men’s relay competition, J. Kalaminskas and P. Vagnorius won silver medals, and the Lithuanians will finish their performance in Turkey with the mixed relay competition, where on Sunday G. Aleksandravičė and J. Kalaminskas will represent our country.
This year’s European Championship in modern pentathlon is unique in the world because, due to the war in Ukraine, athletes from the aggressor countries Russia and Belarus are participating for the first time after a long break under their countries’ flags, not as neutral athletes. One representative from each of these countries reached the men’s final, while the women’s final will feature two Russians and three Belarusians.
