Lithuania at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | LTU |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Lithuania |
Website | www |
in Vancouver | |
Competitors | 6 in 3 sports |
Flag bearer | Irina Terentjeva (opening) Mantas Strolia (closing) |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Lithuania participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada according to that census; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. Roughly 30% of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage. Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
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Vitalijus Rumiancevas | Men's slalom | DNF | - | ||
Men's giant slalom | 1:27.27 | 1:29.52 | 2:56.79 | 59 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Aleksei Novoselski | Men's 15 kilometre freestyle | 38:01.6 | 71 |
Men's sprint | 3:51.70 | 53 | |
Mantas Strolia | Men's sprint | 3:47.17 | 46 |
Modestas Vaičiulis | Men's sprint | 3:52.10 | 54 |
Irina Terentjeva | Women's 10 kilometre freestyle | 28:52.2 | 64 |
Women's sprint | 4:04.47 | 49 | |
Modestas Vaičiulis Mantas Strolia | Men's team sprint | 19:43.1 | 18 |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Women's sprint | 21:11.2 | 1+1 | 25 |
Women's pursuit | 33:58.4 | 0+0+3+2 | 34 | |
Women's individual | 44:13.2 | 1+0+1+1 | 30 |
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