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Vilnius Women Run

The Vilnius Women Run is an annual road running event in Vilnius, Lithuania. It offers a 5K race and a running experience for children. It is usually held on a Saturday in June, and travels through some of the most beautiful places in Vilnius Old Town.

Vilnius Women Run
Date2021 June 12th
LocationVilnius
Event typeRoad
Distance5k, Kids run
Established2013
Official siteWomen run
Participants501 (2020)
917 (2019)

The event is organized Tarptautinis Maratonas, a public institution that organizes other endurance sports events including the Vilnius Marathon, Trakai Triathlon and Vilnius Christmas Run.

History edit

The first women's run in Vilnius Vingis Park took place in 2013 June 16.

The main goals of the very first Women Run were to remind them of the importance of self-screening and prevention of breast cancer in every woman's life and to promote a healthy lifestyle.

In 2013 participants were able to compete in distances of 7 and 3.5 kilometers. 650 runners crossed the finish line. The winners of the first run were Lina Batulevičiūtė and Bronė Lenkevičiūtė.[1] In 2014 the distances changed a bit - the participants chose between 6 and 3 kilometers courses. The winners this time were Rasa Drazdauskaitė and Austėja Miežytė.[2]

In 2017 the two women's runs merged (AVON and Nike She Runs, hosted by Nike since 2013) into one. In this renewed run, the participants had to overcome a different (5k) length of track starting from Vilnius White Bridge.[3] In 2020 the traditional run was scheduled to run on June 13, but it had to be moved to August 8. This decision was made due to the difficult situation in the country caused by COVID-19. As with almost all other similar sporting events, the number of people taking part has fallen this year - from 501 in the main 5 kilometer distance - almost twice as low as in 2019. In 2021 The women's run will be held for the 9th time.

Prizininkai edit

Year Event Prizininkai[4]
Gold Result Silver Result Bronze Result
2020 5k   Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 0:18:34   Inga Cimarmanaitė 0:19:09   Rūta Šimkūnaitė 0:19:34
2019 5k   Loreta Kančytė 0:17:23   Evelina Miltenė 0:18:04   Viktorija Varnagirytė 0:18:15
2018 5k   Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 0:18:51   Kristina Mickuvienė 0:19:32   Eglė Sakalaitė 0:19:51
2017 5k   Loreta Kančytė 0:18:36   Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 0:19:03   Agnė Krupinskaitė 0:19:21
2016 6k   Evelina Miltenė 0:22:04   Rūta Šimkūnaitė 0:24:59   Renata Siliuk 0:26:03
3k   Agnė Krupinskaitė 0:11:58   Neringa Norkutė 0:12:29   Vaida Priedininkaitė 0:12:55
2015 6k   Rasa Drazdauskaitė 0:22:46   Inga Mastianica 0:22:59   Loreta Bliujienė 0:23:13
3k   Evelina Uševaitė 0:10:39   Migle Šaltenytė 0:11:10   Brigita Virbalytė 0:11:14
2014 6k   Rasa Drazdauskaitė 0:22:51   Lina Batulevičiūtė 0:23:00   Nadežda Roždestvenskaja 0:24:00
3k   Austėja Miežytė 0:11:00   Jurgita Levertavičiūtė 0:11:25   Ignė Grigaitytė 0:11:59
2013 7k   Lina Batulevičiūtė 0:29:04   Olga Ziuganova 0:29:27   Loreta Bliujienė 0:29:59
3.5k   Bronė Lenkevičiūtė 0:13:42   Jurgita Levertavičiūtė 0:13:46   Simona Janavičiūtė 0:14:09

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 m. AVON moterų bėgimas - Naujienos - Lietuvos bėgimo mėgėjų asociacija". LBMA. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  2. ^ "Moterų bėgimo dalyvės nuspalvino ir papuošė Vilniaus Vingio parką". Delfi. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  3. ^ "Jau šį savaitgalį moterų bėgimas suvienys visas Lietuvos bėgikes". MadeInVilnius. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  4. ^ "Moterų bėgimas 2020 - Dalyviai ir rezultatai". Mano bėgimas. Retrieved 2020-12-02.


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