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Menshykov (UKR) and Kivioja (EST) light up Kupiskis Junior Cup

By David Peddie | 01 Jul, 2012

Ivan Menshykov of Ukraine and Kaidi Kivioja of Estonia were the winners of the first European Cup to be held in Lithuania.

Ten countries were represented and both fields were largely made up from Baltic and Eastern European nations - and Kivioja’s victory is was rich reward for the Baltic nations and testament to the decision to host the race in Lithuania.

Race conditions were perfect on the day and the Men’s swim began with a competitive swim in which the field left the water together.

Three athletes, Menshykov, Kalistratov and Prasolov (both RUS) broke free on the bike and stayed together until the run, where Menshykov built a lead on the run and cruised home to take gold.
Menshykov finished the course in 59 min 31 sec, with Kalistratov second in 1hr exactly. Prasolov finished third in 1:00:10.

Estonia’s Kaidi Kivioja (pictured above) finished with a comfortable lead ahead of Croatia’s Tea Milos. Kivioja finished in 1:06:16 with Milos over twenty second behind in 1:06:40.

In a good competition for Russia’s youngsters, Elena Lokhmanova completed the podium, finishing third in a time of 1:07:27. 

Related Event: 2012 Kupiskis ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup
30 Jun, 2012 • event pageall results
Results: Junior Women
1. Kaidi Kivioja EST 01:06:16
2. Tea Milos CRO 01:06:40
3. Elena Lokhmanova RUS 01:07:27
4. Anastasiya Vasilyeva RUS 01:08:24
5. Anastasia Polyanskaya Protasenya RUS 01:09:09
6. Oleksandra Komlieva UKR 01:13:00
7. Elvira Emelyanova RUS 01:13:13
8. Mégane Van Steenwinckel BEL 01:13:43
9. Elena Zhirkova RUS 01:14:52
10. Samanta Sopyte LTU 01:16:12
Results: Junior Men
1. Ivan Menshykov UKR 00:59:30
2. Alexey Kalistratov RUS 00:59:59
3. Ilya Prasolov RUS 01:00:09
4. Aliaksandr Dakhno BLR 01:01:00
5. Maxim Subbotin RUS 01:01:07
6. Igor Ostrovskiy RUS 01:02:30
7. Nikita Chakhouski BLR 01:03:05
8. Alexander Tikhomirov RUS 01:03:20
9. Mikita Katsianeu BLR 01:03:40
10. Vitalii Kurka UKR 01:03:47