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strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will. - Gandhi

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Good news for team Lithuania :LTU after the first day of Lithuanian Athletics cup. Giedrė Kupstytė broke her PB from 16.06 to 16.72 in Shot Put and qualified for The European Athletics Championships. Sakalauskas and Grinčikaitė were a couple of hundreds of seconds away from the standard respectfully. And this is not long after Sakalauskas' long time running coach death during one of their training camps abroad, that was a huge blow for him emotionally.

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More news from the second day of Lithuanian Athletics Cup. Both of our youngsters broke national records in Javelin Throw. Edis Matusevičius 80.22 (U23, U19 records, third best in Lithuanian history), Liveta Jasiūnaitė 61.32 (U23 record, the 4th Lithuanian thrower to ever beat the 60m.) Also, Lina Grinčikaitė reached the European Championship standard in 200m, but I think it does not count, because there was too much helpful wind.

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2 new names have qualified for the GBR team in Rio.

In the women's 10000m Jess Andrews won the trial race breaking her personal best by 90 minutes. Beth Potter finished  in 2nd to also make the team,

European champion Jo Pavey struggled with illness and finished far behind.

Andrews is due to marry Irish cyclist Dan Martin later this year

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1 hour ago, Dragon said:

2 new names have qualified for the GBR team in Rio.

In the women's 10000m Jess Andrews won the trial race breaking her personal best by 90 minutes. Beth Potter finished  in 2nd to also make the team,

European champion Jo Pavey struggled with illness and finished far behind.

Andrews is due to marry Irish cyclist Dan Martin later this year

90 minutes is a huge jump in time for a 10000m race :d

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