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

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

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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   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 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 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 0:37:47   Emilė Steponėnaitė 0:40:09   Brigita Šniukštaitė 0:40:12
2018 Men olympic distance   Tautvydas Kopūstas 2:00:09   Ricardo Alcalde Perez 2:01:05   Jaunius Strazdas 2:02:31
Women olympic distance   Inga Aukselytė 2:19:47   Valiantsina Zeliankevich 2:23:29   Asta Zaborskytė 2:32:31
Men sprint distance   Andrius Dapkevičius 1:05:59   Andrej Gerasimov 1:06:53   Aleksandras Kazanskij 1:07:19
Women sprint distance   Antonina Faustova 1:17:09   Lina Nikitinaitė 1:24:36   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.