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.
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".
Alpine skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Lithuania has two athletes in qualification positions.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRokas ZaveckasMen's giant slalom 1:36.06701:36.98623:13.0463Men's slalom Ieva JanuškevičiūtėWomen's giant slalom 1:36.7971Women's slalom
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships Lithuania qualified 1 man and 1 woman.
AthleteEventTime MissesRankTomas Kaukėnas Men's sprint26:26.22 (0+2)48Men's pursuit36:49.83 (1+0+0+2)40Men's individual52.38.93 (0+0+0+3)23Diana Rasimovičiūtė Women's sprint23:18.62 (1+1)51Women's pursuit34:07.12 (0+0+0+2)43Women's individual49:32.52 (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.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankVytautas StroliaMen's 15 km classicalcolspan=4 45:08.0 +6:38.370 Men's 30 km skiathlon40:54.76539:03.4671:20:37.2 +12.21.8 67Ingrida ArdišauskaitėWomen's 10 km classicalcolspan=4 36:52.1 +8:34.364
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVytautas StroliaMen's sprint3:55.4870Did not advanceIngrida ArdišauskaitėWomen's sprint2:55.2462Did not advance
Figure skating
The Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė had initially refused to give citizenship to ice dancer Deividas Stagniūnas' partner Isabella Tobias. This would be second time that Stagniūnas would be unable to participate in the Olympics because of his partner's citizenship requests, hadn't president decided to give citizenship to Tobias on 2 December 2013. In 2013 World championships Tobias and Stagniūnas qualified for the Olympics.
Athlete Event// Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankIsabella Tobias / Deividas StagniūnasIce dancing56.4017 Q82.6018139.0017
Short track speed skating
Lithuania qualified 1 female athlete for the Olympics during World Cup 3 & 4 in November 2013. This will mark Lithuania's debut in the sport.
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAgnė Sereikaitė500 m45.3563Did not advance241000 mDid not advance1500 m2:21.9003 Qcolspan=2 2:20.3986Did 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
See also Lithuania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
References
External links
Lithuania at the 2014 Olympics