Lithuania at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Lithuania.svg
IOC code LTU
NOC Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website www.ltok.lt  (in Lithuanian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors9 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)
Other related appearances
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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]

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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

Ieva Januskeviciute (shown racing here in 2009) raced the giant slalom and slalom races. Ievaj GS tarnaby.jpg
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]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rokas Zaveckas Men's giant slalom 1:36.06701:36.98623:13.0463
Men's slalom DNF
Ieva Januškevičiūtė Women's giant slalom 1:36.7971DNF
Women's slalom DNF

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships Lithuania qualified 1 man and 1 woman. [6]

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Tomas Kaukėnas Men's sprint 26:26.22 (0+2)48
Men's pursuit 36:49.83 (1+0+0+2)40
Men's individual 52.38.93 (0+0+0+3)23
Diana Rasimovičiūtė Women's sprint 23:18.62 (1+1)51
Women's pursuit 34:07.12 (0+0+0+2)43
Women's individual 49:32.52 (1+1+0+0)42

Cross-country skiing

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

Distance
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Vytautas Strolia Men's 15 km classical 45:08.0+6:38.370
Men's 30 km skiathlon 40:54.76539:03.4671:20:37.2+12.21.867
Ingrida Ardišauskaitė Women's 10 km classical 36:52.1+8:34.367
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vytautas Strolia Men's sprint 3:55.4870Did not advance
Ingrida Ardišauskaitė Women's sprint 2:55.2462Did not advance

Figure skating

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.

AthleteEventSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas Ice dancing 56.4017 Q82.6018139.0017

Short track speed skating

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
Agne Sereikaite in the women's 1500m semifinal Women's 1500m, 2014 Winter Olympics, Semifinal 2 (5).JPG
Agnė Sereikaitė in the women's 1500m semifinal
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Agnė Sereikaitė 500 m 45.3563Did not advance24
1000 m PENDid not advance
1500 m 2:21.9003 Q2:20.3986Did not advance16

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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