Lithuanian swimmers started hunting for Olympic tickets. On Friday, the two-day Baltic Swimming Championship started in Riga - it is the first official competition in Europe, where swimmers can already fulfill the qualification standards for the Paris Olympic Games.
Athletes from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia compete here in three age groups. In the first part of the championship, the champions and prize-winners of the junior and youth Olympic events were awarded, and the participants who performed best in the morning selection made it to the final swims in the evening program.
In the youth age group, he became the champion of the Baltic countries in individual competitions Tajus Juška (100m breaststroke – 52,58 seconds), Stella Švenčionytė (200m breaststroke - 2.09,13 min.), Dominykas Šulskis (200 m breaststroke - 2.26,43 min. PB), Mantas Kaušpėdas (100 m backstroke - 59.10 sec.) and Giedrius Cirtautas (400 m l. style - 4.16,35 min.).
They won gold medals in the youth group Ieva Visockaitė (200m breaststroke - 2.09,35 min.), Patricija Geriksonaitė (200 m backstroke - 2.23,82 min.), Emil Atkočiūnas (200 m butterfly - 2.10,37 min.), Dziugas Miškinis (400 m l. style - 4.11,09 min.) and Smiltė Plytnykaitė (50m breaststroke - 25.89 sec.).
The Lithuanians also did well in the team relays on Friday morning. The boys competed in the 4 x 100 m medley and the girls in the 4 x 100 m freestyle.
Among the young, the winners were M. Kaušpėdas, D. Šulskis, T. Juška and Artas Apyny (3.56,69 min.) and Ieva Nainytė, Ema Purvainytė, Ła Kulvinskaite and S. Švenčionytė (4.01,61 min.). The victory was celebrated in the youth age group Evalds Babakinas, Adam Gatulis, E. Atkočiūnas and Matas Kairys (3.52,14 min.) and S. Plytnykaitė, Patricija Kondraškaitė, P. Geriksonaitė and Ieva Visockaitė (3.56,58 min.).
| THE YOUNG PEOPLE | YOUTH |
| Gold | |
| Tajus Juška (100-year-old style) Stela Švenčionytė (in the style of the 200s) Dominykas Šulskis (200 m breaststroke) Mantas Kaušpėdas (100 m backstroke) Giedrius Cirtautas (in the style of the 400s) Lithuanian boys' team (4 x 100 m relay) Lithuanian girls' team (4 x 100 m l. style) | Ieva Visockaitė (in the style of the 200s) Patricija Geriksonaitė (200 m backstroke) Emilis Atkočiūnas (200 m butterfly) Džiugas Miškinis (400-year-old style) Smiltė Plytnykaitė (50's style) Lithuanian boys' team (4 x 100 m relay) Lithuanian girls' team (4 x 100m l.style) |
| Silver | |
| Artas Apinys (100 m l. style, 200 m compl. b.) Ła Kulvinskaitė (in the style of the 200s) Herkus Andronatij (200 m breaststroke) Matas Šurna (100 m backstroke) Emilija Pociūtė (200 m backstroke) Rokas Milvydas (200 m butterfly) Liepa Veronika Borevičiūtė (100 m butterfly) Lithuanian boys' team (4 x 100 m relay) | Patricija Kondraškaitė (in the style of the 200s) Evaldas Babakinas (100 m backstroke) Adams Gatulis (200 m compl. b.) Vytė Gelažytė (400 m compl. b.) |
| Bronze | |
| Karilė Ališauskaitė (100 m breaststroke) Augustė Jakštaitė (200 m backstroke) Ieva Nainytė (50's style) Lithuanian girls' team (4 x 100 m l. style) | Povilas Sližius (200 m breaststroke) Guoda Stančikaitė (100 m breaststroke) Rusnė Vasiliauskaitė (200 m backstroke) Titas Vaitukaitis (in the style of the 400s) Patricija Kondraškaitė (in the style of the 50s) Lithuanian girls' team (4 x 100m l.style) |
PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENING PROGRAM
100 ml in style, men
B final: Artas Apinys (53.35 =PB), Tajus Juška (52.58), Matas Kairys (53.34)
Final A: Daniil Pancerev (50.41)
200 ml. in style, women
Final: Stela Švenčionytė (2:09.13), Ieva Visockaitė (2:09.35), Ła Kulvinskaitė (2:09.56 PB)
200m breaststroke, men
Final: Dominykas Šulskis (2:26.43 PB), Edvinas Kilmans (2:24.32), Povilas Šližius (2:25.75), Herkus Andronatij (2:26.73)
100 m breaststroke, women
B final: Evita Boboriko (1:16.63), Karilė Ališauskaitė (1:15.81), Rugilė Abračinskaitė (1:15.48), Patricija Kupstaitė (1:16.96 PB)
A final: Guoda Stančikaitė (1:14.32), Agnė Šeleikaitė (1:13.29), Kotryna Teterevkova (1:08.51)
100m backstroke, men
B final: Matas Šurna (1:00.24), Daniil Žučkov (59.40), Mantas Kaušpėdas (59.10)
Final A: Evaldas Babakinas (58.02), Kajus Stankevičius (57.25), Erikas Grigaitis (57.22), Edvinas Cesnakas (58.52)
200 m backstroke, women
Final: Beata Jakštaitė (2:27.81), Augustė Jakštaitė (2:25.89), Patricija Geriksonaitė (2:23.82), Emilija Pociūtė (2:22.82 PB), Rusnė Vasiliauskaitė (2:26.00)
Men's 200m butterfly
Final: Nedas Giedraitis (2:09.77), Emilis Atkočiūnas (2:10.37), Rokas Milvydas (2:14.12 PB)
100 m butterfly, women
B final: Augustė Rakitinaitė (1:12.86)
A final: Radvilė Kerševičiūtė (1:05.90), Liepa Veronika Borevičiūtė (1:05.17), Amelija Murėnaitė (1:06.98)
400 ml in style, men
Final: Giedrius Cirtautas (4:16.35), Titas Vaitukaitis (4:13.73), Džiugas Miškinis (4:11.09)
50 ml. in style, women
B final: Ieva Nainytė (27.97 PB)
A final: Barbora Mileišytė (27.13), Patricija Kondraškaitė (26.98), Smiltė Plytnykaitė (25.89), Amelija Murėnaitė (27.09), Elzė Morta Daunoravičiūtė (27.30)
50m breaststroke, men
B final: Herkus Andronatij (30.85 PB), Povilas Sližius (30.77)
Final A: Nojus Šikorskis (29.55 PB)
200 m compl. way men
Final: Adams Gatulis (2:11.56), Daniil Pancerevs (2:07.66)
400 m compl. way, women
Final: Vytė Gelažytė (5:20.05)
Men's 50m butterfly
B final: Emilis Atkočiūnas (25.81), Mantas Kaušpėdas (25.92 PB), Edwin Cesnak (26.32)
Final A: Nedas Giedraitis (25.32)
50 m backstroke, women
B final: Augustė Jakštaitė (31.73)
Final A: Emilija Pociūtė (30.35), Patricija Geriksonaitė (30.72)
4 x 100 m compl. way men
Final: Lithuanian men's team
4 x 100 ml. in style, women
Final: Lithuanian women's team
The championship is broadcast live on the website of the Latvian Swimming Federation - swimming.lv.
The start of the evening part of the competition is at 17 p.m. (on Saturday - from 16 p.m.).
Learn more about the Baltic Swimming Championship here.
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