Vilnius Women Run

The Vilnius Women run is an annual road run event, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Race offers 5k and children run experience.

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

Course almost always include the most beautiful places in Vilnius Vilnius Old Town. The event is usually held on a Saturday in June.

The event is organized by the Public Institution "Tarptautinis Maratonas". This institution also organizes other endurance sports events - "Vilnius Marathon", "Trakai Triathlon", "Vilnius Christmas Run".

History

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
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
  1. LBMA https://www.lbma.lt/naujienos-485. Retrieved 2020-12-02. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Delfi https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/kitos-sporto-sakos/moteru-begimo-dalyves-nuspalvino-ir-papuose-vilniaus-vingio-parka.d?id=65160211. Retrieved 2020-12-02. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. MadeInVilnius https://madeinvilnius.lt/naujienos/sportas/jau-si-savaitgali-moteru-begimas-suvienys-visas-lietuvos-begikes/. Retrieved 2020-12-02. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Mano bėgimas https://manobegimas.lt/results/27. Retrieved 2020-12-02. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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