Dovilė Kilty’s triumph in the Lithuanian Championship triple jump sector

Dovilė Kilty's triumph in the Lithuanian Championship triple jump sector

For the tenth time, Dovilė Kilty became the country’s triple jump queen.

She jumped 13.76 m and surpassed her main competitors Diana Zagainova (13.40 m) and Aina Grikšaitė (13.18 m).

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In total, 15 event winners were announced on Sunday.

For the seventh time, Simas Bertašius won the 5000 m champion title (13 min. 47.42 sec.), and Giedrius Valinčius triumphed in the 800 m distance (1 min. 53 sec.) – this is his first gold medal in this event.

For the ninth consecutive year, Gediminas Truskauskas became the national champion – he completed the 200 m race in 20.64 sec.

Lukas Šermukšnis won the 400 m hurdles competition for the third consecutive year (51.98 sec.), Simonas Bakanas earned his third consecutive title in the shot put sector (17.45 m), and Osvaldas Gedrimas became the pole vault champion for the ninth time (4.80 m).

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In the women’s 800 m race, Gabija Galvydytė won her seventh consecutive Lithuanian champion title (2 min. 0.70 sec.).

Lukrecija Sabaitytė triumphed in the 200 m distance for the fourth consecutive year (23.44 sec.), and Ieva Gumbs became the shot put champion for the ninth time (16.42 m).

Auksė Linkutė (5000 m race, 17 min. 19.06 sec.) and Ugnė Noreikaitė (400 m hurdles, 1 min. 1.58 sec.) won their first national champion titles.

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