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Friday 2020 continued in the Klaipeda Basin. Lithuanian Open Swimming Championship. On the second day of competition, the swimmers handed out 12 more sets of medals. Swimmers can be supported by watching the live webcast, and championship participants must, for their own safety, adhere to the strict requirements set forth by the statewide emergency operations manual.
The afternoon race started in an unusual way. Giedrius Titenis and Andrius Šidlauskas he joined the duel and repeated yesterday’s 100-meter breaststroke. To improve the five-year record in Lithuania, both swimmers did not save. Although the record was not reached, both A. Šidlauskas (59.83) and G. Titenis (59.92), who won, were able to enjoy their performance. This time G. Titen also managed to exceed the Olympic standard “A” (59.93). It is true that these results have not yet been officially compensated.
So far, only Danas Rapšys and Andrius Šidlauskas have met the necessary standards to guarantee participation in next year’s Tokyo Olympics (individual swimming competitions).
Agnė Šeleikaitė (32.49) surely defeated Elzė Bielskutė (34.09) and Aistė Slatkevičiūtė (34.17) in the women’s 50m breaststroke final. Karilė Ališauskaitė (34.51), who came in fourth, also performed well, reaching a new record for girls under 13 in the country.
Andrius Šidlauskas (28.82) became the Lithuanian champion again in the men’s “A” final. The silver went to Mantas Lisauskas (29.17) and the bronze to Giedrius Titenis (29.26).
The 100m freestyle “A” final was dominated by youth. Here, the gold went to Smilte Plytnykaitė (57.86), who had won the second part of the distance. Marija Romanovskaja (58.18) became the runner-up and Silvija Statkevičius (58.75) took third place.
In the men’s “A” final, he defended the title of champion Simon Bill. The Panevėžys resident covered the distance in 49.16 seconds. Powerfully finished Today Rapshys (49.25) won silver and Daniil Pancerevas was third, setting a record for Lithuanian boys under 17: 50.22 seconds. The previous record belonged to Raimundas Mažuolis (50.39) since 1988.
Erika Pasakinskaitė (2.21.85) defeated the closest rivals by more than 10 seconds in the women’s 200m butterfly final. Vytė Gelažytė finished second (2.32.71) and Ate Backevičiūtė (2.35.68) took third place.
In the men’s group, Deividas Margevičius (2.01.96) became the country’s champion with a convincing advantage. Silver was won by Noah Skirutis (2.07.85) and bronze was won by Saver Multin (2.08.72), who came to the championship from Switzerland.
Subsequently, the athletes continued their performance in complex swimming competitions. Women’s 400m heats second. Marija Romanovskaja (5.17.25) was happy with the victory in the final. He passed two swimmers from the Vilnius City Sports Center Gabrielė Burokaitė (5.21.71) and Smiltė Plytnykaitė (5.25.60).
Klaipėda’s Nojus Skirutis (4.38.77), Džiugas Karklelis (4.47.20) and Karolis Olišauskas (4.49.75), won in a similar men’s match.
Paulina Pekūnaitė won the title of Lithuanian champion in the women’s 50m backstroke competition. It finished in 30.55 seconds. Patricija Geriksonaitė (31.14), who became the country’s youth champion in the morning, took second place and Radvile Kerševičiūtė (31.53) took third place. Team leader Ugnė Mažutaitytė did not start in the final.
Edvinas Česnakas (26.48) performed well in the men’s final. Improving his morning result by more than a second, he finished first and beat Omar Pinzón (26.59) and Erikas Grigaitis, who were only 0.01 seconds away from the silver medal.
The night swim was completed with the 4 x 100m freestyle team relay. The Kaunas Swimming School’s first team (Agnė Šeleikaitė, Laura Šliburytė, Elzė Bielskutė and Gabija Gailiušytė) won the women’s relay. They got through this match in 3 minutes. 59.91 sec. Swimmers who won silver medals at the Vilnius City Sports Center (Patricija Kondraškaitė, Amelija Javtokaitė, Barbora Mileišytė and Smiltė Plytnykaitė) improved the country’s record for girls under 17 years of age. From now on – 4 min. 0.27 sec. The bronze went to the second team of the Kaunas Swimming School (4.10.54).
The swimmers representing Panevėžys “Žemynai” (Danas Rapšys, Simonas Bilis, Tomas Navikonis and Jokūbas Keblys) became national champions in the men’s relay. Winners time: 3 min. 24.15 seconds A little over 10 seconds. the first team from the Klaipėda Gintaras Sports Center fell behind (3.34.50), and the first team from the Kaunas Swimming School took third place (3.37.10).
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