Lithuanian athlete Mykolas Alekna has broken the long-standing men’s record as he threw discuss 74.35 m on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series. The earlier record was 74.08 m set by Germany’s Jurgen Schult in 1986.
Lithuanian athletes
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15 basketball players, three football players and two ice hockey players got into the Top-20 of Lithuanian athletes with the highest career earnings, including Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jonas Valanciunas and Arvydas Sabonis, according to a ranking published by the delfi.lt news website on Monday.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has given bottles of perfume to two of the country's bronze-winning athletes who had their personal belongings stolen in Rio de Janeiro.
Team Lithuania did not bring home any gold medals from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, disappointing many fans, but achieved top results in events few had been investing much hope into before. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
In addition to Olympic medals and national admiration, Lithuanian athletes who did well in Rio Olympics will receive monetary prizes from the government, €560,415 in total.
Lithuanian athletes are ready to go to the Paralympic Games to compete in goalball, judo, rowing, swimming and athletics competitions. To draw the public's attention to the Paralympics, Vilnius authorities have organized a Paralympics square, located near the Cathedral, where people are welcome to t...
Lithuanian athletes Aurimas Lankas and Edvinas Ramanauskas won bronze after finishing third in men's kayak double 200m event in Rio de Janeiro Olympic games on Thursday.
Two medals in rowing events finally put Lithuania on the medal winner's table. In swimming, a new national record has been claimed twice, while in sailing Lithuanian athletes are continuing to fight for a place in the medal race. The basketball team secured its place in the top 16 with a victory ove...
Thursday was a lucky day for Lithuanian athletes who won two Olympic medals in rowing events.
Sixty-eight Lithuanian athletes will compete in the Rio Olympic Games staht starts this Friday. One athlete will represent Lithuania in each of the following fields: weight-lifting, wrestling, shooting and gymnastics.
Two boxers will be among the 68 Lithuanian athletes who will be competing for Olympic medals at the Rio de Janeiro Games this summer. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The Lithuanian Olympic team is leaving for Rio de Janeiro. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The Lithuanian athletes are working hard in their preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among the 67 Lithuanian athletes who will compete in the games are seven walkers who will take part in the races for 20 and 50 kilometres. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthl...
The Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in the NFL, has signed Tautvydas Kieras, a Lithuanian track and field athlete, onto its team as a linebacker. The catch? Kieras has never played a game of professional or college football in his life.
