Lithuania participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin held between 10 and 26 February 2006. The country's participation in the Games marked its sixth appearance at the Winter Olympics after its debut in the 1928 Games. The Lithuanian team consisted of seven athletes who competed in four sports. Vida Venciene served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and Irina Terentjeva was the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony. Lithuania did not win any medal in the Games, and has not won a Winter Olympics medal previously.
The 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin held between 10 and 26 February 2006.[4][5] The Lithuanian team consisted of seven athletes.[6][7]Vida Venciene served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and Irina Terentjeva was the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony.[8] Lithuania did not win any medal in the Games, and has not won a Winter Olympics medal previously.[3]
Competitors
Lithuania sent seven athletes including three women who competed in four sports at the Games.[6][7]
The Alpine skiing events were held at Sestriere, about 60km (37mi) from Turin. Many of the events were delayed due to inclement weather conditions.[10] In the men's slalom event, Drukarov crossed the course in just over two minutes and 13 seconds to be ranked 44th amongst the 93 competitors.[11] He did not complete the giant slalom event.[12]
Biathlon competitions were held at the newly constructed Cesana San Sicario Arena between 11 and 25 February. This was the first time that an Olympic programme had ten medal events in the biathlon competition.[13] Two Lithuanian athletes participated across four events in biathlon.[7] The biathlon events consisted of a skiing a specific course multiple times depending on the length of the competition, with intermediate shooting at various positions. For every shot missed, a penalty of one minute is applied in individual events, and the participant is required to ski through a penalty loop in sprint events.[14][15]
In the men's events, debutante Karolis Zlatkauskas finished 88th in the sprint event.[14] In the women's section, this was the second consecutive Olympic appearance for Diana Rasimovičiūtė.[16] She participated in all of the women's individual medal events.[7] She registered her best finish in the sprint event, in which she was placed 18th amongst the 83 competitors.[17] In the individual event, she finished 66th amongst the 82 participants.[18]
Cross-country skiing events were held at the Stadio del Trampolino in Pragelato Plan.[19] This was the second time that sprint competitions were held in the Winter Olympics after 2002.[20]Aleksej Novoselkij and Irina Terentjeva represented the nation, and competed in both the distance and sprint events.[6][7] This was Novoselkij's debut and only participation in the Winter Olympics, while Terentjeva participated in her second Winter Games.[21][22] Novoselkij and Terentjeva finished 59th and 37th in the qualifying rounds of the men's and women's sprint events respectively, and did not qualify for the next round.[20][23] In the distance rounds, only Terentjeva registered a finish in the women's pursuit event.[6]
Figure skating events were held at Palavela, Turin.[24]Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas participated in the ice dancing event.[6][7] This was the couple's fifth consecutive Olympic appearance. They have won multiple medals in the World and European figure skating championships.[25][26] The couples were ranked in ordinal order individually by the judges. At the end of the competition, the ranks are tallied for each pair, and the final placement was based on the majority placement. The Lithuanian pair was ranked seventh in the competition.[24]
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