Lithuania at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | LTU |
NOC | Lithuanian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 9 in 5 sports |
Flag bearers | Deividas Stagniūnas (opening) [1] [2] Agnė Sereikaitė (closing) [3] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Soviet Union (1956–1988) |
Lithuania competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consists of nine athletes competing in five different sports. The nine athletes mark the most athletes the country has ever qualified for a Winter Olympics. [1]
On 19 December 2013 in Brussels, Belgium Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė stated that she won't go to the Games due to Russia's politics and said "Amid the current situation where I see human rights violations, as well as an attitude towards and treatment of Eastern Partners, including Lithuania, and the economic sanctions that have been applied against Lithuania, I do not see a political possibility of going to the Sochi Games". [4]
According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Lithuania has two athletes in qualification positions. [5]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Rokas Zaveckas | Men's giant slalom | 1:36.06 | 70 | 1:36.98 | 62 | 3:13.04 | 63 |
Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
Ieva Januškevičiūtė | Women's giant slalom | 1:36.79 | 71 | DNF | |||
Women's slalom | DNF |
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships Lithuania qualified 1 man and 1 woman. [6]
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Tomas Kaukėnas | Men's sprint | 26:26.2 | 2 (0+2) | 48 |
Men's pursuit | 36:49.8 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | 40 | |
Men's individual | 52.38.9 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | 23 | |
Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Women's sprint | 23:18.6 | 2 (1+1) | 51 |
Women's pursuit | 34:07.1 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 43 | |
Women's individual | 49:32.5 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 42 |
According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Lithuania has two athletes in qualification position. [5]
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Vytautas Strolia | Men's 15 km classical | — | 45:08.0 | +6:38.3 | 70 | |||
Men's 30 km skiathlon | 40:54.7 | 65 | 39:03.4 | 67 | 1:20:37.2 | +12.21.8 | 67 | |
Ingrida Ardišauskaitė | Women's 10 km classical | — | 36:52.1 | +8:34.3 | 67 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Vytautas Strolia | Men's sprint | 3:55.48 | 70 | Did not advance | |||||
Ingrida Ardišauskaitė | Women's sprint | 2:55.24 | 62 | Did not advance |
The Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė had initially refused to give citizenship to ice dancer Deividas Stagniūnas' partner Isabella Tobias. [7] This would be second time that Stagniūnas would be unable to participate in the Olympics because of his partner's citizenship requests, [8] hadn't president decided to give citizenship to Tobias on 2 December 2013. [9] In 2013 World championships Tobias and Stagniūnas qualified for the Olympics.
Athlete | Event | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas | Ice dancing | 56.40 | 17 Q | 82.60 | 18 | 139.00 | 17 |
Lithuania qualified 1 female athlete for the Olympics during World Cup 3 & 4 in November 2013. [10] This will mark Lithuania's debut in the sport.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Agnė Sereikaitė | 500 m | 45.356 | 3 | Did not advance | 24 | ||||
1000 m | PEN | Did not advance | |||||||
1500 m | 2:21.900 | 3 Q | — | 2:20.398 | 6 | Did not advance | 16 |
Qualification legend: Q – Qualified for next round ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
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