2024-07-24 23:55:10
50. That’s how many Olympians we will see in the city of love at the biggest sports festival held once every four years.
Ambitious, self-confident and with a great sense of patriotism in their hearts – these are the 13 athletes defending the honor of Lithuania in sports going to France.
I will also be working in Paris and two portals will cover the most prominent events from the French capital beating with the Olympic pulse. lrytas.lt journalists – lrytas.lt deputy editor-in-chief Martynas Suslavičius and editor of the sports department Tomas Gustas.
“It is symbolic that this Olympics is held in Paris. It was in this city exactly 100 years ago, in 1924, that Lithuania participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in the country’s history. At that time, a modest delegation of football players and cyclists started the Lithuanian Olympic road, later filled with resounding victories and emotions of joy. After the restoration of Independence, since the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Lithuanian Olympians have always returned to their homeland with at least one medal. I hope that this “icing on the cake” of the 100th anniversary of the Lithuanian Olympic Games will mark the medal-rich Olympics.
It’s a pity that we won’t see the Lithuanian basketball team again at the Olympic Games, but I’m looking forward to the performances of other Lithuanian athletes who will defend the honor of Lithuania, especially the debutants, because for them, like me, it will be the first Olympic Games”, said T. Gustas before leaving for Paris .
This will not be the first Olympic Games for M. Suslavicius – he has prepared reports from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the Tokyo Summer Olympics, which were distinguished.
“After the Tokyo Games, which were marked by the coronavirus, I told everyone that I saw such a sight that perhaps no one will see again. That experience remains with me, but now together with T.Gust we are entering the Olympics open to fans. The task here is difficult, but very simple, so that readers can feel the Olympic spirit through our texts. And I’m not talking only about the results, but about the whole rhythm of Paris – from the rhythm of the city, the most interesting corners – to, I’m sure, the taste of Olympic gold. I bow my head low to my colleagues in the sports department, who are facing a special challenge. This will only make it more interesting for our readers, so I suggest not to forget to visit the lrytas.lt portal every day and several times. An adventure awaits us together”, said M. Suslavičius.
Lrytas.lt readers can expect not only the results of various competitions and matches, but also exclusive texts. And they can be found in a column specially created for this purpose, which is filled with the spirit of the Olympic Games.
Danas Rupšys, Rūta Meilutytė, Aleksas Savickas, Kotryna Teterevkova, Tomas Navikonis, Tomas Lukmins and Andrius Šidlauskas will represent Lithuania in swimming at the Summer Olympic Games. Athletics athletes Mykolas Alekna, Andrius Gudžius, Ieva Gumbs, Liveta Jasiūnaitė, Dovilė Kilty, Martynas Alekna, Gabija Galvydytė, Modesta Justė Morauskaitė, Diana Zagainova, Airinė Palšytė and Edis Matusevičius are also going to Paris.
Viktorija Senkutė, Dovilė Rimkutė, Donata Karalienė, Kamilė Kralikaitė, Ieva Adomavičiūtė, Giedrius Bieliauskas and Domantas Stankūnas will appear in the rowing competition.
Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė and Gintarė Venčkauskaitė will fight in the modern pentathlon.
Simonas Maldonis, Mindaugas Maldonis, Ignas Navakauskas, Artūras Seja and Andrej Olijnik will represent Lithuania in kayak and canoe rowing.
Justina Vanagaitė and the horse Nabab, as well as Andrius Petrovas and the horse Lincolns, will perform in horse sports.
Viktorija Andrulytė and Rytis Jasiūnas will try their hand at sailing in France.
Dominika Banevič will dance the break.
Mindaugas Venckaitis and Gabija Dilytė will compete in wrestling, Robertas Tvorogalas in gymnastics, Rasa Leleivytė, Olivija Baleišytė and Vasilijus Lendelis in cycling, Monika Paulikienė and Ainė Raupelytė in beach volleyball, and Aurelijs Pukelis, Gintautas Matulis, Evaldas Džiaugys and Šarūnas in trios basketball. Wingel.
The Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11.
2024-07-24 23:55:10