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Trakai triathlon

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Trakai triathlon
Date2021 July 4th
LocationTrakai
DistanceOlympic distance, Sprint distance, Super sprint distance
Primary sponsorBTT Cloud
Established2013
Official sitetrakutriatlonas.lt/en/
Participantsup to 400

Trakai triathlon” is the biggest triathlon event in Lithuania taking place near Galvės lake, in Trakai.

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

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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

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Year Event Prizininkai
Gold Result Silver Result Bronze Result
2020 Men olympic distance Lithuania Lukas Prokopavičius 2:04:31 Lithuania Jaunius Strazdas 2:04:57 Lithuania Igor Kozlovskij 2:05:05
Women olympic distance Lithuania Inga Paplauskė 2:23:53 Lithuania Viktorija Kalvelytė 2:32:53 Lithuania Ieva Urbonavičiūtė 2:33:04
Men sprint distance Lithuania Jokūbas Tijūnonis 1:04:40 Lithuania Robertas Gegužis 1:05:49 Lithuania Džiugas Karklelis 1:06:06
Women sprint distance Lithuania Ugnė Paurytė 1:13:55 Lithuania Rugilė Girštautaitė 1:15:08 Lithuania Emilė Steponėnaitė 1:17:42
Men super sprint distance Lithuania Zigmas Reisas 0:35:03 Lithuania Kajus Marozas 0:35:53 Lithuania Jonas Gabalis 0:37:27
Women super sprint distance Lithuania Jomilė Pribušauskaitė 0:40:55 Lithuania Orinta Mauraitė 0:43:27 Lithuania Milda Ažusienytė 0:44:55
2019 Men olympic distance Lithuania Lukas Prokopavičius 2:01:27 Spain Alberto Casillas 2:02:47 Lithuania Marijus Butrimavičius 2:04:58
Women olympic distance Lithuania Inga Paplauskė 2:29:20 Belarus Natalija Barkun 2:32:29 Lithuania Unė Narkūnaitė 2:35:18
Men sprint distance Latvia Artjoms Gajevskis 1:01:15 Lithuania Mykolas Banys 1:05:29 Lithuania Kasparas Apkievičius 1:05:44
Women sprint distance Lithuania Rugilė Girštautaitė 1:14:30 Lithuania Beatričė Vinciūnaitė 1:15:26 Lithuania Sigita Šidlauskienė 1:20:03
Men super sprint distance Lithuania Robertas Gegužis 0:35:20 Lithuania Zigmas Reisas 0:36:31 Lithuania Augustas Ganelinas 0:38:10
Women super sprint distance Lithuania Ugnė Paurytė 0:37:47 Lithuania Emilė Steponėnaitė 0:40:09 Lithuania Brigita Šniukštaitė 0:40:12
2018 Men olympic distance Lithuania Tautvydas Kopūstas 2:00:09 Spain Ricardo Alcalde Perez 2:01:05 Lithuania Jaunius Strazdas 2:02:31
Women olympic distance Lithuania Inga Aukselytė 2:19:47 Belarus Valiantsina Zeliankevich 2:23:29 Lithuania Asta Zaborskytė 2:32:31
Men sprint distance Lithuania Andrius Dapkevičius 1:05:59 Lithuania Andrej Gerasimov 1:06:53 Lithuania Aleksandras Kazanskij 1:07:19
Women sprint distance Lithuania Antonina Faustova 1:17:09 Lithuania Lina Nikitinaitė 1:24:36 Lithuania Liudmila Iniakina 1:29:43

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References

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  1. ^ "Trakai triathlon". trakutriatlonas.lt. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Trakai triathlon". trakutriatlonas.lt. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Trakuose patyrusių triatlonininkų pergalei lietus nepamaišė". 15min. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  4. ^ ""Trakų triatlone" – trakiškio M.Butrimavičiaus ir "auksinės" I.Aukselytės triumfas". 15min. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. ^ "Results of Trakai triathlon". manobegimas.lt. Retrieved 29 December 2020.