08/06/2018   Alythus (LTU): Victories of Christopher LInke and Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene






Great participation and interesting results at Alythus in Lithuania.
 
 
20km men
 
Very fast start of Christopher Linke (GER) that passes to 5km in 20:30 together with Federico Tontodonati (ITA).
The group of pursuers composed by Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA), Ivan Losev (UKR), Leonardo Dei Tos (ITA) and Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) follows at 21:05.
Towards 9km Linke force the pace and off Tontodonati.
At hala race the positivismo are as follows: Linke in 40:36 (20:06) and Tontodonati in 41:00 (20:30). Mizinov (41:38) followed by Losev (41:45), Dei Tos (42:06) and Papamichail (42:07).
 
Christopher Linke continues on his pace (at 15km: 1:00:45), while Vasiliy Mizinov has reached and overtaken Tontodonati who is led by Ivan Losev.
In the last 5km the race changes slightly.
 
Victory to Christopher Linke (GER) in 1:21:10
Second place for Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) in 1:21:45
Third place for Ivan Losev (UKR) in 1:23:11 who managed to get the better of Federico Tontonati (1:24:01) a bit 'off in the last 5km.
Followed by Leonardo dei Tos in 1:24:14 at the season best and Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) in 1:24:55
 
Twenty-nine athletes at the start of which 24 have completed the race, 2 DQ and 5 DNF
 
 
 
 
 
 
20km women
 
There was almost no story in the women's race, in which the eve favorite Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU) won in absolute tranquility.
 
At 5km it was passed in 22:55 along with teammate Zivile Vaiciukeviciute (LTU) and Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE).
At 10km the Virbalyte passes in 45:36 and only the Greek (25:38) tries to resist them.
 
At 15 km the passage takes place at 1:08:19 for the Virbalyte and at 1:08:47 for the Drisbioti.
Despite a live bending in the last 5km Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene vin in 1:31:24.
Second place to Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) in 1:32:33
Third place to Zivile Vaiciukeviciute (LTU) in 1:33:16
 

Seventeen athletes at the start of which 11 have completed the race, 1 DQ and 5 DNF

 

 

 
 
 
The two U20 events
 
 
10km U20 men
 
 
Justin Bournier (FRA) took immediately the lead (5km in 21:35) and won the race in 44:07 (second part of the race in 22.32).
Second place to Diego Chirivì (ITA) in 45:58 penalized by 1 minute for incorrect walk.
Third place to Hava Joni (FIN) in 46:44.
 
 
10km U20 donne
 
 
Victory to Austeja Kavaliauskaite (LTU) in 52:52 (25:52 + 27:00)
Second place to MParime Kelemeni (GRE) in 53:44 (25:59 + 27:45)
Third place to Niamh O'Connor (IRL) in 54:00 (26:02 + 27:58)
 
 
 

Full results in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here