“Trakai triathlon” is the biggest triathlon event in Lithuania taking place near Galvės lake, in Trakai.
| Trakai triathlon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 2021 July 4th |
| Location | Trakai |
| Distance | Olympic distance, Sprint distance, Super sprint distance |
| Primary sponsor | BTT Cloud |
| Established | 2013 |
| Official site | trakutriatlonas |
| Participants | up to 400 |
Olympic (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and Sprint (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) triathlon and latter distance relay competitions are organized. In addition to the classics there is shorter super sprint distance(0.4 km of swimming, 10 km of cycling and 2.5 km of running).[1]
The Trakai triathlon is competed individually or by forming a team of 3 people, whose members take turns performing one of three competitions: swimming, cycling and running. After overcoming them all, the total result of all matches is added up. [2]
The event is organized by the Public Institution "Tarptautinis Maratonas". This institution also organizes other endurance sports events - "Vilnius Marathon", "Vilnius Women run", "Vilnius Christmas Run".
History edit
The very first Trakai triathlon was launched in 2013 with 117 participants. In 2016–2017, total number rose to 400.[3][4]
Since 2018, the Lithuanian Triathlon Championship has been taking place in Trakai Triathlon.
In 2019, the Trakai Triathlon had addition with a shorter distance - super sprint (0.4 km of swimming, 10 km of cycling and 2.5 km of running).
This event will be held for the 9th time this summer in Trakai.
Results edit
| Year | Event | Prizininkai | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Result | Silver | Result | Bronze | Result | ||
| 2020 | Men olympic distance |  Lukas Prokopavičius
|
2:04:31 | Jaunius Strazdas
|
2:04:57 | Igor Kozlovskij
|
2:05:05 |
| Women olympic distance | Inga Paplauskė
|
2:23:53 | Viktorija Kalvelytė
|
2:32:53 | Ieva Urbonavičiūtė
|
2:33:04 | |
| Men sprint distance | Jokūbas Tijūnonis
|
1:04:40 | Robertas Gegužis
|
1:05:49 | Džiugas Karklelis
|
1:06:06 | |
| Women sprint distance | Ugnė Paurytė
|
1:13:55 | Rugilė Girštautaitė
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1:15:08 | Emilė Steponėnaitė
|
1:17:42 | |
| Men super sprint distance | Zigmas Reisas
|
0:35:03 | Kajus Marozas
|
0:35:53 | Jonas Gabalis
|
0:37:27 | |
| Women super sprint distance | Jomilė Pribušauskaitė
|
0:40:55 | Orinta Mauraitė
|
0:43:27 | Milda Ažusienytė
|
0:44:55 | |
| 2019 | Men olympic distance | Lukas Prokopavičius
|
2:01:27 |  Alberto Casillas
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2:02:47 | Marijus Butrimavičius
|
2:04:58 |
| Women olympic distance | Inga Paplauskė
|
2:29:20 |  Natalija Barkun
|
2:32:29 | Unė Narkūnaitė
|
2:35:18 | |
| Men sprint distance |  Artjoms Gajevskis
|
1:01:15 | Mykolas Banys
|
1:05:29 | Kasparas Apkievičius
|
1:05:44 | |
| Women sprint distance | Rugilė Girštautaitė
|
1:14:30 | Beatričė Vinciūnaitė
|
1:15:26 | Sigita Šidlauskienė
|
1:20:03 | |
| Men super sprint distance | Robertas Gegužis
|
0:35:20 | Zigmas Reisas
|
0:36:31 | Augustas Ganelinas
|
0:38:10 | |
| Women super sprint distance | Ugnė Paurytė
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0:37:47 | Emilė Steponėnaitė
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0:40:09 | Brigita Šniukštaitė
|
0:40:12 | |
| 2018 | Men olympic distance | Tautvydas Kopūstas
|
2:00:09 | Ricardo Alcalde Perez
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2:01:05 | Jaunius Strazdas
|
2:02:31 |
| Women olympic distance | Inga Aukselytė
|
2:19:47 | Valiantsina Zeliankevich
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2:23:29 | Asta Zaborskytė
|
2:32:31 | |
| Men sprint distance | Andrius Dapkevičius
|
1:05:59 | Andrej Gerasimov
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1:06:53 | Aleksandras Kazanskij
|
1:07:19 | |
| Women sprint distance | Antonina Faustova
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1:17:09 | Lina Nikitinaitė
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1:24:36 | Liudmila Iniakina
|
1:29:43 | |
References edit
- ^ "Trakai triathlon". trakutriatlonas.lt. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Trakai triathlon". trakutriatlonas.lt. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Trakuose patyrusių triatlonininkų pergalei lietus nepamaišė". 15min. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ ""Trakų triatlone" – trakiškio M.Butrimavičiaus ir "auksinės" I.Aukselytės triumfas". 15min. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Results of Trakai triathlon". manobegimas.lt. Retrieved 29 December 2020.