The second stage of the Latvian championship in roller skiing at the skiing and biathlon center “Cēsis” in Priekulės started on Saturday with a classic-style distance with an interval start, where, in addition to Latvians, Lithuanians and people from Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico also competed. Portuguese representatives. Lauris Kaparkalējs celebrated the victory in 10.4km for the men with a half-minute advantage over Sandija Suhanova from Sigulda, while for the women, Kitija Auziņa won the first place in the 5.2km with the same advantage over the Kraslavian Adriana Šuminskas, who experienced a fall and showed a commendable performance. Also on the second day, where they had to do 5km more in the skating step, the two Madonians demonstrated their superiority, winning their second gold this weekend, but already their third victory this summer, as they were the fastest in the Latvian championship roller skiing sprint in July.
In the men’s 15.6km (6×2.6km) distance, among the 25 participants, Lauris Kaparkalējs took the lead from the very beginning with a 20-second advantage after the first lap. The champion of the European Youth Olympic Festival extended his lead in the sprint and celebrated his victory by more than a minute. The second place was won by Laura’s teammate from “ALL-ROUND Ski team/Madona” Sylvesters Švaukst, who improved by several places, because he was exhausted after the LOV tests on Saturday and took the sixth place. Silvestre, of course, was helped by the fact that he stayed behind Kaparkalės for a few laps, but Švaukst, who was in the thirtieth place in this year’s world junior sprint championship, would definitely and most likely be the second in the top three, only in an even more similar battle with the third place winner Indrikais Circenas.
The representative of Balvu Sports School, Circens, who took the fifth place on Saturday, showed an even better performance on Sunday and faced serious competition in the fight for the second place, Bruno Bilan, who was slower today and retired in the middle of the distance due to the heat, entering the top three in the FIS classification and winning gold in the V18 group.
Saturday’s second place winner Sandi Suhanov from Sigulda Sports School had a more difficult time in the heat today, taking fourth place. Glebs Zilis from Daugavpils had a much better performance on the skates, who posted the fifth time and earned silver V18, while Edgars Bernāns (ALL-ROUND Ski team/Madona) completed the top six. The best of the juniors was Ernests Yekimov, who entered the top ten.
For women, the 10.4km four, as expected, were the same as on Saturday, only in slightly changed positions. Kitty Aužina dominated again, winning an even more convincing victory than the day before. Madonieta Auziņa beat her nearest competitor by one and a half minutes, winning the third gold in this summer’s Latvian championships.
Second and third place changed positions, that is, between the two best juniors. second place was won by Linda Kaparkalėja (ALL-ROUND Ski team/Madona), getting the junior gold, while in Saturday’s second best classic and junior champion Adriana Šuninska from Krāslava Sports School completed the top three, this time being the second among juniors. For the second day in a row, the representative of the adult group Samanta Krampe (SS “Arkadija”) took the fourth place.
At the beginning of the competition, a very similar battle for the fifth place and gold in the S18 youth group took place, but at the end of the second lap Valerija Burtseva from Crasova fell, so she finished seventh, but at least earned silver in the junior competition. Meanwhile, the 5th place was taken by the best junior Keita Marcinkeviča, followed by the third best junior Adriāna Osmane (SS “Arkadija”), who took the 4th place in her group on Saturday.
Valts Skujiņš (SS “Arkādija”) dominated both days in the V16 group for the youth, who was able to win the V14 group in the Latvian Mountain Biking Championship on Saturday. Lāsma Beķere won an intense battle for girls in this youth group yesterday, but in her absence today her teammate from “Madonas BJSS/Caune team” Alise Plāte. The winners changed in the V14 group, the fastest on the first day was Gustav Bērziņas, the representative of the Sports School of the city of Cēsis, but on the second day, his teammate Artūrs Zaķis overtook him by a few seconds. For girls of this age, Madonie Dārta Ruļuka remained unbeaten both days.
In the V12 group, the winners also changed for the boys, on the first day Miķelis Klimović showed the fastest time, and on the second day his teammate from CPSS Adrian Aven showed the fastest time. Maija Putāne from Arkady won the classic S12 in an intense battle, one second ahead of Rebeka Martinova, who had to settle for second place in the skate, as Martinova from Cešės was convincingly first. In the most recent V10 and S10, Madonians Daniels Matisāns and Diāna Škalikova won the laurels on both days.
2024-08-27 11:42:27