The 27-year-old Lithuanian champion took 18th place – scoring 7689 points.
25 athletes started the grueling decathlon events, and 20 finished.
We remind you that after the first day E. Benkunskas was 20th.
Thursday, under a scorching 35-degree heat, began with the 110 meters hurdles. The Lithuanian finished 20th (15.04 sec.).
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Throwing the discus, our athlete was fifth – 46.56 m.
Jumping with the pole cleared 4.50 m and took 18th position.
In the javelin throw – 59.13 m – E. Benkunskas took 11th place, and in the last event – the 1500 m run – he finished 20th (in 4 min. 45.30 sec.).
- 100 m: 11.27 sec. (SB – 11.19 sec., PB – 10.77 sec.) – 21st place.
- Long jump: 6.90 m (SB – 7.06 m, PB – 7.32 m) – 22nd.
- Shot put:14.85 m (SB – 15.66 m, PB – 16.00 m) – 9th.
- High jump: 1.93 m (SB – 2.00 m, PB – 2.10 m) – 17th.
- 400 m run: 50.29 sec. (SB – 50.29 sec., PB – 49.73 sec.) – 22nd.
- 110 m hurdles: 15.04 sec. (SB – 14.41 sec., PB – 14.26 sec.) – 20th.
- Discus throw: 46.56 m (SB – 48.59 m, PB – 49.89 m) – 5th.
- Pole vault: 4.50 m (SB – 4.60 m, PB – 4.90 m) – 18th.
- Javelin throw: 59.13 m (SB – 65.12 m, PB – 69.67 m) – 11th.
- 1500 m: 4 min. 45.30 sec. (SB – 4:50.04, PB – 4:43.91) – 20th.
- * SB – season best, PB – personal best.
The European champion was the world champion and Olympic silver medalist German Leo Neugebauer, scoring 8611 points.
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Silver went to another German Niklas Kaul (8573 pts.), bronze to Norwegian Sander Skotheim (8433 pts.).
Estonian star, 2024 European champion Johannes Erm, who was fifth after the first day, did not start on Thursday.
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- This is E. Benkunskas’s second continental championship. In 2024 in Rome, he took 15th place (7882 pts.).
- The athlete’s season best is 8080 points (July in Poland), and career best – 8098 (2024 in Austria).
- The Lithuanian decathlon record has stood since 1988, when Rishardas Malachovskis scored 8437 points.
You can find the Lithuanians’ schedule and expectations at the European Championship here.
