Aurelija Tamasauskaite of Lithuania and Oleksandr Tovkai of Ukraine got the gold medals in the triathle events in Hurghada ©UIPM

Aurelija Tamasauskaite of Lithuania and Oleksandr Tovkai of Ukraine won gold in the individual triathle events at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Biathle-Triathle World Championships in Hurghada.

Tamasauskaite won the women's event in Egypt, with Eliska Pribylova of the Czech Republic securing silver and Lina Batuleviciute of Lithuania finishing third to get bronze.

In the men's event, six athletes from Ukraine finished in the top seven.

Tovkai got the gold medal with a time of 15mins 35.09secs, with compatriot Dmytro Baliuk finishing third in 16:07.09.

Oleksandr Tovkai of Ukraine won gold in the triathle event at the International Modern Pentathlon Union World Biathle-Triathle Championships in Hurghada, with Ondrej Svechota of the Czech Republic in second and Dmytro Baliuk of Ukraine in third ©UIPM
Oleksandr Tovkai of Ukraine won gold in the triathle event at the International Modern Pentathlon Union World Biathle-Triathle Championships in Hurghada, with Ondrej Svechota of the Czech Republic in second and Dmytro Baliuk of Ukraine in third ©UIPM

Ondrej Svechota of the Czech Republic, who won gold earlier in the week in the biathle and triathle mixed relays, completed the podium in second with a time of 15:46.03.

The Championships have been taking place since October 25 in Hurghada and the final day of competition is tomorrow with the individual biathle category. 

Participants in the triathle event compete in a swim-run-shoot format, while those in the biathle event compete in a run-swim-run format.