On Friday and Saturday, both the best Latvian javelin throwers will take part in the Presidential Prize Athletics Competition at Ogre Stadium – Līna Mūze, Madara Palameika and Gatis Čakšs – both Līga Velvere and a sprinter ran 800 meters Sindija Bukša, the organizers of the competition confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday.
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The exciting competition in javelin throwing for women last weekend was determined by two currently the strongest athletes in Latvia in this discipline, and both the winner Mūze and the second place winner will start at the Palameika Ogre Stadium for the second weekend in a row.
The Latvian unit also includes Gatis Čakšs, a javelin thrower in the cars of the highest value result of the Latvian championship, who will be assisted by Jānis Svens Grīva in the absence of Rolands Štrobinders, who treats microtrauma.
Both Bukša, who will fight in three disciplines (100 and 200 meters, as well as in the distance of 4×100 meters), Velvere, a 800-meter runner, and a show jumper will be in line. Mareks Arents. The team also includes Rūta Kate Lasmane, the owner of the “fresh” Latvian junior record in the three-jump, who will also take part in the long jump, as well as potential Olympic walkers Raivo Saulgriezis and Ruslans Smolonskis.
Viewers will also be delighted by Igor Sokolov, a hammer thrower who won the title of the 34th Latvian champion over the weekend.
Besides Štrobinder, the Latvian team this year will not start Gunta Vaičule and Laura Ikauniecewho miss the summer season. Spear thrower Patrik Gailum, as well as old master bullet pusher Māris Urtāns, has a small injury, but Oskars Vaisjūns symbolically said goodbye to the starts in the Latvian national team last year.
Māra Grīva will not start in the long jump sector, but sprinter Jānis Leitis and three-jumper will start the season Elvijs Misāns.
Teams from the three Baltic States are competing for the President’s award, and Lithuanian and Estonian teams will also have the strongest athletes.
The Estonian team will run 100 meters and 4×100 meters relay sprinter and long jumper Ksenija Balta, and the disc will be thrown by Martin Kupers, but in the Lithuanian national team by his disciple Andrjus Gudžus. Latvian spear throwers will be fierce competitors Edis Matusevičus, whose personal record is 89 meters and 17 centimeters. Liveta Jasjūnaite and Indre Jakubaitīte also threw further than 63 meters.
Due to the tense situation, athletes from Belarus and other countries will not take part in the Covid-19 pandemic this time.
The President’s Award in Athletics will take place this year from August 14 to 15 in Ogre, Ogre County Sports Center Stadium. For two days, the strongest athletes in the Baltic States will compete both in individual disciplines and for the title of the strongest athletics team.
The President’s award in athletics will be available on the television channel “Sportacentrs.com TV”.
The competition will be held for the 26th time this year. Jānis Daliņš Stadium in Valmiera is considered to be the home of the President’s Award in Athletics, but this year, taking into account the reconstruction of the stadium, the competition will take place in Ogre. It is planned that next year the competition will return to its usual home – the renovated Jānis Daliņš Athletics Stadium.
The main awards are given to athletes and teams at a special reception at the President’s Palace in Riga Castle.
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