2024-06-16 19:05:13
Olympian Danas Rapšys flew to the championships along with the youth, who will seem in three occasions – 100, 200 and 400 meters freestyle.
“Anyway, we’re going to attempt extra earlier than the Olympics, to have competitors, in order that there shall be pleasure. We need to see what we have now skilled right here, have critical opponents within the pool and perhaps even be taught one thing, in order that with these few begins we have now labored out all the things earlier than the Olympics”, Dans Rapšys assured earlier than the journey to the European Swimming Championship.
– The Olympics will happen in a very good month. What’s your health stage? D. Rapšys was requested.
– Sports activities kind for at this time isn’t dangerous. I simply have this regularity right here – one week I look higher on the pool observe, the following I look a bit worse. I’m wondering what week I’ll hit throughout the European Swimming Championships. Anyway, I really feel very well ready than earlier than.
– Is it associated to the truth that you will have not too long ago paid extra consideration to leg coaching?
– You already know, the extra you take note of footwork, the more serious you’re feeling (laughs). Anyway. Now I am going into the championship relaxed – I need to see what my physique can do.
– What are your plans earlier than the Olympics?
– Now we’re flying to Serbia, after that I’ll go to Spain, to the highlands, the place I’ll keep till the Video games.
Lithuania shall be represented by a group of 11 athletes on the European Aquatics Championship, which shall be held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The thirty seventh version of the competitors will function two divers from our nation and ten swimmers, amongst whom are usually not solely debutants, but additionally finalists of the earlier championship.
It would seem right here in 2022. championship prize winner Andrius Šidlauskas, Dans Rapšys and Aleksas Savickas, who’ve already secured Olympic tickets, in addition to Tomas Navikonis, Tomas Lukminas, Rokas Jazdauskas, Jokūbas Keblys, Džiugas Miškinis, Kristupas Trepočka and Justine Murdock, who will symbolize the nationwide group for the primary time.
Rūta Meilutytė, Kotryna Teterevkova, Mantas Kaušpėdas and Sylvia Statkevičius additionally met the choice standards set by LTU Aquatics, however these swimmers is not going to go to Belgrade as a result of they’re getting ready for different vital begins.
R. Meilutytė and Okay. Teterevkova proceed to intensively put together for the Summer time Olympic Video games in accordance with their particular person plan. The members of the youth nationwide group – M. Kaušpėdas, S. Statkevičius and others – are nonetheless ready for the European Youth Swimming Championship in Vilnius.
The 2 finest Lithuanian divers may even go to the capital of Serbia: Sebastian Konecki and Martynas Lisauskas from Vilnius.
Each the swimming and diving competitions will start on June 17 and proceed till the twenty third.
It’s June 23 that marks the top of Olympic swimming choice, so the championship in Belgrade is the final probability for athletes to satisfy the norms for the Paris Olympic Video games.
We remind you that on the final European Championship in Rome, Italy (2022), Lithuania was represented by 9 swimmers.
This time, the medals for the nation had been gained by R. Meilutytė (50 m breaststroke – gold, 100 m breaststroke – bronze), Okay. Teterevkova (200 m breaststroke – bronze) and A. Šidlauskas (100 m breaststroke – bronze).
The Lithuanian group on the 2024 European Aquatics Championship in Belgrade:
Rokas Jazdauskas – swimming
Jakūbas Keblys – swimming
Sebastian Konecki – diving
Martynas Lisauskas – diving
Tomas Lukminas – swimming
Džiugas Miškinis – swimming
Justine Murdock – Swimming
Tomas Navikonis – swimming
Dans Rapšys – swimming
Aleksas Savickas – swimming
Andrius Šidlauskas – swimming
Kristupas Trepočka – swimming
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