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Remigijus Kančys beat the 14-year-old Lithuanian record in the men’s half marathon. The participant of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games covered the distance of 21,098 km in exactly 1 hour. 4 min. and in 82nd place. Two weeks ago at the London Marathon, the athlete did not finish the distance due to a contracted muscle in his leg and started the World Cup with a minor injury.
“The London Marathon was my main outing, which I didn’t realize, so I was both physically and emotionally in the hole. He didn’t know how to deal with the emotion, plus there was still a trauma. The physiotherapist did a great job so that I could run, but I didn’t know what the situation would be until 20 kilometers, ”admitted R. Kančys.
Before this start, Kaunas had the second result in the history of Lithuania in marathon and half marathon matches. Having attacked the country’s marathon record several times, R. Kančys became for the first time the fastest Lithuanian runner in the history of the half marathon. Ignas Brasevičius also beat the record of Mindaugas Pukštas (1 hour 4 minutes, 11 seconds) in Gdynia, who ran the distance in 1 hour. 4 min. 9 sec.
“It just came to our notice then. I’m also happy with Ignu, whose result is great too. I’m glad this finally happened and he reached the Lithuanian record. In competitions like the World Cup I was able to tell and all the teammates achieved results. I am glad I was able to get back on my feet after an unsuccessful start, “said R. Kančys.
For most of the competition, both Lithuanians ran at the same pace: they surpassed the 5km mark in 15 minutes. 2 sec., 10 km – 30 min. 6 sec. And 15 km – 45 min. 31 sec.
“Together we raced on different sections of the track, over and over. We joked that maybe they would leave us alone. We are at a similar level and we can really compete, down to the last kilometer and competing,” said R. Kančys.
I.Brasevičius was ranked 86 and Valdas Dopolskas ranked 102 (1 hour 5 minutes 28 seconds) among 121 runners. The planetary champion was Ugandan track and field champion Jacob Kiplomo (58 min. 49 sec.), Who beat the Kenyan ladder Kibiwotta Kandie by 5 seconds, 19 sec. – Ethiopian Amedework Walelegna, bronze winner.
Lithuania ranked 20th in the team classification (3 hours 13 minutes 37 seconds).
Monika Bytautienė was the most successful in the women’s competition among Lithuanians. The ladder covered the distance on the streets of Gnyd in 1 hour. 13 min. 50 sec. and improved his personal record in half a minute. The Romas Sausaitis student ranked 70th out of 104 participants.
“The plan was similar, but I didn’t know what to expect. At first I was preparing for the London Marathon and then the plan changed and I started preparing for the half marathon. I’m satisfied with the personal record, but now it seems that I could have done better – M.Bytautienė laughed. – The conditions were good, the weather was good. Apparently, if I can’t say the wind was felt, then there wasn’t. There were hills, a lot of slopes, but the track is apt to make records, I think a lot of them have become them.
The athlete admits that there was not much motivation to prepare for the competition, when it is not clear if it will take place at all.
“This season the motivation was very ‘nothing’. I waited last week for the world championship to happen or not, I really did not expect it. However, a successful half marathon shows that there is a way, it is really possible to improve the record as well. in a marathon, ”said M. Bytautienė.
World Champion Peres Jepchirchir became the world champion, running 21,098 km in 1 hour. 5 minutes. 16 sec. and reach a global record of only women participating in competitions. The official world record for starting with men belongs to Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh – 1 pm 4 min. 31 sec.
The silver medal was won by the Ethiopian German Melat Yisak Kejeta from last year (2 seconds behind), and the bronze medal was won by the Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw (3 seconds behind). Lithuanians Loreta Kančytė and Lina Kiriliuk, who improved their records, occupied positions 79 (1 h 15 min 15 sec.) And 91 (1 h 18 min 31 sec.), Respectively.
In the team classification, the Lithuanian women’s national team ranked 18th (3 hours 47 minutes 36 seconds).
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