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June began with Slovenia staging national tennis championships for four age groups and hosting the European Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Kamnik and on Velika Planina, drawing over 600 elite runners. At the Brixia Next Gen U-18 meet, Slovenian athletes placed fourth overall and secured qualification standards for the European U-18 Championships in several events. A charitable “Dežela junakov” bike ride highlighted community sport, while the Po Slovenija race announced a demanding Vršič “king’s stage” in Gorenjska, underlining the nation’s cycling ambitions. The Maribor national athletics championships (18-19 June) saw pole-vault star Tina Šutej claim the title, discus-thrower Kristjan Čeh win both discus and shot-put, and emerging talent Živa Remic take an 800 m club title. The following day, Šutej added a third-place finish at the Budapest István Gyula Memorial, and Živa Remic captured Slovenia’s first gold in the 800 m at the European U-18 Championships in Rieti, breaking the meet record. The Tour of Slovenia provided a week of French-Italian drama: Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe swept stage 1, Serbian sprinter Dušan Rajović won stage 2, and German rider Florian Lipowitz claimed the decisive Vršič stage and ultimately the overall victory, with Slovenian Jakob Omrzel poised for a surprise on the final day. In July, swimmers Rok Vejnovič summer season reached the 400 m medley final at the Youth European Championships a peak in Munich, while artistic swimmers Lili Klopčič and Taja Starman placed within the top-20 duets. The season continued into August at the World U20 Championships in Eugene, USA. Slovenian middle-distance runners Benjamin Lakošeljac, Živa Remic, and Gaja Kovačec all advanced to the 800 m semifinals. Remic ultimately Sixteen-year-old Živa Remic, who trains with Olimpija Ljubljana under coach Gregor Grad, secured the gold medal in the 800 m with a time of 2:03.03, becoming 2:03.03. This achievement makes her the first Slovenian to become a junior world athletics champion. In the men's men’s 800 m competition, Benjamin Lakošeljac finished fourth. in fourth place.