2024-03-30 00:04:35
There are two ways to get to the start of your dreams – to fulfill the norm, which is often higher than the Lithuanian record, or to win the right to participate through the rating system.
So, the criteria coincides with June 7-12. At the European Athletics Championship to be held in Rome (Italy), where a large national team should start.
However, qualifying for the 33rd Summer Olympics is complicated by enormous competition among track and field athletes from around the world.
Currently, the 2 best discus throwers in Lithuania have fulfilled the standard and have a direct ticket to Paris – 21-year-old Mykolas Alekna and 33-year-old Andrius Gudžius.
This will be the debut Olympic Games in the career of M. Alekna, who can boast of European Championship gold, World Championship silver and bronze medals.
A. Gudžius, who won the gold and bronze medals of the World Championship and the European Championship during his impressive career, will compete in the third Olympic Games, and the best result was recorded 3 years ago in Tokyo (Japan), when he took 6th place.
Other national track and field athletes compete in the ranking system, where the positions of athletes change constantly. This list captures some of the startups that bring in the most ranking points.
The number of points depends on the category of the competition, the place occupied, the recorded result and bonuses. We present a list of track and field athletes who currently fall into the required quota and have a real chance to start in Paris (the current place in the ranking is written in parentheses first, and the number of participants in the event is next to it – aut. post.):
Modesta Justė Morauskaitė (400 m, 36/48), Gabija Galvydytė (800 m, 33/48), Greta Karinauskaitė (3000 m steeplechase, 30/36), Urtė Baikštytė (high jump, 24/32), Airinė Palšytė (high jump, 25/32), Dovilė Kilty (triple jump, 17/32), Ieva Gumbs (discus throw, 23/32), Liveta Jasiūnaitė (javelin throw, 13/32), Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (heptathlon, 24/24 ), Edis Matusevičius (javelin throw, 8/32), Marius Žiūkas (20 km athletic walk, 40/48).
Thus, if the qualification system for the Olympic Games were to close today, 13 Lithuanian track and field athletes would compete. However, it is possible to fulfill the norms and collect rating points in almost all events until June 30, in the marathon – until May 5, so the situation will inevitably change.
Diana Zagainova (triple jump) is currently one place in the ranking system, and Martynas Alekna (discus throw) is two places away from reaching Paris. Endurance athletes can complement the track and field team at the Olympic Games, as the runners will soon compete in the marathon, and the walkers will seek to win the right to participate in the mixed relay of the athletic walking marathon.
In the 21st century, 5 Summer Olympic Games have already taken place. in 2004 In Athens (Greece), Virgilijus Alekna (discus) won the gold medal, and Austra Skujytė (heptathlon) won the silver. in 2008 V. Alekna won bronze in Beijing (China), 2012. A. Skujytė also won a bronze medal in London (Great Britain).
in 2004 12 Lithuanian track and field athletes started in Athens, in 2008 in Beijing – 18, 2012 in London – 20, 2016 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – 16, 2021 11 in Tokyo.
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