Lithuania at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Lithuania.svg
IOC code LTU
NOC Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website www.ltok.lt
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors13 (8 men and 5 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Deividas Kizala
Paulina Ramanauskaitė
Flag bearer (closing) Modestas Vaiciulis
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2]

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The Lithuanian team consisted of 13 athletes (eight men and five women) competing in four sports, the largest ever team Lithuania has sent to a Winter Olympics. [3] Ice dancers Deividas Kizala and Paulina Ramanauskaitė were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [4] Meanwhile cross-country skier Modestas Vaiciulis was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 415
Cross-country skiing 224
Figure skating 112
Total8513

Calls for Olympic boycott

On 19 November 2021, members of the Lithuanian national parliament Seimas released an official letter encouraging Lithuania to withdrawal from the 2022 Olympics due to human rights violations in China. [6] This came to light during the China–Lithuania relations crisis, after the Republic of China (Taipei or Taiwan) opened its representative office in Vilnius under the name of "Taiwan" (the first under this name in Europe) in August 2021. In response, the People's Republic of China recalled its ambassador in Vilnius, Shen Zhifei, and demanded that Lithuania recall its ambassador in Beijing, Diana Mickevičienė. [7]

Trade between the two countries was seriously disrupted. [8] Relations between the PRC and Lithuania were downgraded to the level of chargé d'affaires on 21 November 2021. [9] [10]

Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, president of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, released a statement that the Olympic Games should be politically neutral and confirmed that committee had no plans to boycott the games. [11] [12]

On 3 December 2021, Lithuania was the first nation to announce a diplomatic boycott of the games. [13]

Alpine skiing

By meeting the basic qualification standards Lithuania qualified one male and one female alpine skier. [14]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andrej Drukarov Men's giant slalom 1:05.7820DNF
Men's slalom DNSDid not advance
Gabija Šinkūnaitė Women's slalom DNFDid not advance

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup, Lithuania qualified 4 men. [15]

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Tomas Kaukėnas Men's sprint 27:27.92 (1+1)80
Men's individual 56:30.05 (1+0+2+2)70
Vytautas Strolia Men's sprint 26:22.42 (1+1)43
Men's individual 52:10.41 (0+0+0+1)21
Men's pursuit 48:47.810 (2+3+1+4)58
Linas Banys Men's sprint 28:05.83 (1+2)90
Men's individual 57:46.23 (1+1+0+1)79
Karol Dombrovski Men's sprint 27:11.21 (0+1)73
Men's individual 56:30.14 (0+1+0+3)71
Gabrielė Leščinskaitė Women's sprint 23:37.10 (0+0)63
Women's individual 51:39.24 (1+1+0+2)61
Karol Dombrovski
Linas Banys
Tomas Kaukėnas
Vytautas Strolia
Men's team relay 1:25:37.80+1114

Cross-country skiing

Lithuania has qualified the basic quotas in men's and women's events. [16]

Distance
AthleteEventTotal
TimeDeficitRank
Tautvydas Strolia Men's 15 km classical 46:53.1+8:58.383
Eglė Savickaitė Women's 10 km classical 38:26.5+10:20.289
Ieva Dainytė 39:07.4+11:01.191
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tautvydas Strolia Men's sprint 3:06.7668Did not advance
Modestas Vaičiulis 3:01.2849Did not advance
Eglė Savickaitė Women's sprint 4:03.6082Did not advance
Ieva Dainytė 4:10.9986Did not advance
Tautvydas Strolia
Modestas Vaičiulis
Men's team sprint 22:17.7912Did not advance24
Eglė Savickaitė
Ieva Dainytė
Women's team sprint LAP14Did not advance=23

Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Lithuania secured one quota in the ice dance competition. [17] Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius were originally announced to represent Lithuania in the Winter Olympics; however, American-born Reed's application for Lithuanian citizenship was denied, and the pair was subsequently replaced by Paulina Ramanauskaitė and Deividas Kizala. [18]

AthleteEventODFDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Paulina Ramanauskaitė
Deividas Kizala
Ice dancing 58.3523Did not advance

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