The 38-year-old Lithuanian athlete completed the course in 2 hours 37 minutes 47 seconds and took 29th place.
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For most of the course, the Lithuanian ran at the beginning of the fourth ten, but in the last kilometers managed to break into the top 30.
V. Žūsinaitė-Nekriošienė’s personal marathon record is 2 hours 32 minutes 50 seconds and was achieved in 2016 in Hanover. The runner’s best result this season – 2 hours 35 minutes 29 seconds – was recorded in Vienna.
The European champion was confidently leading throughout the race Finnish Alisa Vainio. The 28-year-old athlete completed the distance in 2 hours 22 minutes 26 seconds.
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Silver went to Hungarian Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth, who improved her personal record (2:27:21), and bronze to British Abbie Donnelly (2:27:33).
At this year’s European Championship, Lithuanian athletes managed to win one medal when Mykolas Alekna became vice-champion in the discus throw competition.
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