winter sport

The numbers of Lithuanians travelling to neighbouring Poland to ski and participate in winter sports is rising.

He is a policeman and a hero in Germany. But not because of his police duty, but because of his second profession - a luger. He is the youngest ever luger to win the world championships at the age of 18.

Ingrida Ardišauskaitė is a 22-year-old Lithuanian cross-country skier who took part in two world cups and in the last Winter Olympic Games. Despite her young age, and the future seemingly still in front of her, she recently decided to retire. The conditions and the facilities in Lithuania are not go...

Vytautas Strolia, 22-year-old Lithuanian winter sports athlete who took part in the Sochi Olympic Games as a cross-country skier, decided recently to switch to biathlon. "I can see my future there more than in cross-country," he admits, adding that his "shooting is getting better and better".