Lithuania at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Lithuania at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt  (in Lithuanian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	9 in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Deividas Stagniūnas (opening) [1] [2] Agnė Sereikaitė (closing) [3]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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]

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Ieva Januškevičiūtė (shown racing here in 2009) raced the giant slalom and slalom races.

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
		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

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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
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

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Lithuania has two athletes in qualification position. ^[5]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		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

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas	Ice dancing	56.40	17 Q	82.60	18	139.00	17

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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.

Women

Agnė Sereikaitė in the women's 1500m semifinal

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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

See also

• Lithuania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. Podpruginas, Aleksejus (20 January 2014). "Road to Sochi: Lithuanian winter Olympic team". Baltic Review. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
2. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "Lithuanian President not going to Sochi Olympics due to Russia's politics". The Lithuania Tribune. 2013-12-19. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
5. "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
6. "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
7. "Prezidentė nesuteikė I.Tobias Lietuvos pilietybės išimties tvarka" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
8. "Prezidentė nesuteikė Lietuvos pilietybės čiuožėjai ant ledo K.L.Copely" (in Lithuanian). lrytas.lt. 2009-11-06. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
9. "Prezidentė išimties tvarka suteikė Lietuvos pilietybę sportininkei I. Tobias" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
10. "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

External links

• Lithuania at the 2014 Olympics Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine