“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).
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.
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 The very first Trakai triathlon was launched in 2013 with 117 participants. In 2016–2017, total number rose to 400.
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 YearEventPrizininkaiGoldResultSilverResultBronzeResult2020Men olympic distance Lukas Prokopavičius2:04:31 Jaunius Strazdas2:04:57 Igor Kozlovskij2:05:05Women olympic distance Inga Paplauskė2:23:53 Viktorija Kalvelytė2:32:53 Ieva Urbonavičiūtė2:33:04Men sprint distance Jokūbas Tijūnonis1:04:40 Robertas Gegužis1:05:49 Džiugas Karklelis1:06:06Women sprint distance Ugnė Paurytė1:13:55 Rugilė Girštautaitė1:15:08 Emilė Steponėnaitė1:17:42Men super sprint distance Zigmas Reisas0:35:03 Kajus Marozas0:35:53 Jonas Gabalis0:37:27Women super sprint distance Jomilė Pribušauskaitė0:40:55 Orinta Mauraitė0:43:27 Milda Ažusienytė0:44:552019Men olympic distance Lukas Prokopavičius2:01:27 Alberto Casillas2:02:47 Marijus Butrimavičius2:04:58Women olympic distance Inga Paplauskė2:29:20 Natalija Barkun2:32:29 Unė Narkūnaitė2:35:18Men sprint distance Artjoms Gajevskis1:01:15 Mykolas Banys1:05:29 Kasparas Apkievičius1:05:44Women sprint distance Rugilė Girštautaitė1:14:30 Beatričė Vinciūnaitė1:15:26 Sigita Šidlauskienė1:20:03Men super sprint distance Robertas Gegužis0:35:20 Zigmas Reisas0:36:31 Augustas Ganelinas0:38:10Women super sprint distance Ugnė Paurytė0:37:47 Emilė Steponėnaitė0:40:09 Brigita Šniukštaitė0:40:122018Men olympic distance Tautvydas Kopūstas2:00:09 Ricardo Alcalde Perez2:01:05 Jaunius Strazdas2:02:31Women olympic distance Inga Aukselytė2:19:47 Valiantsina Zeliankevich2:23:29 Asta Zaborskytė2:32:31Men sprint distance Andrius Dapkevičius1:05:59 Andrej Gerasimov1:06:53 Aleksandras Kazanskij1:07:19Women sprint distance Antonina Faustova1:17:09 Lina Nikitinaitė1:24:36 Liudmila Iniakina1:29:43
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