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Lithuania at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2010 Winter Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors6 in 3 sports
Flag bearers Irina Terentjeva (opening)
Mantas Strolia (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Lithuania participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada held between 12 and 28 February 2010. The country's participation in the Games marked its seventh appearance at the Winter Olympics after its debut in the 1928 Games. The Lithuanian team consisted of six athletes who competed in three sports. Irina Terentjeva served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and Mantas Strolia was the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony. Lithuania did not win any medal in the Games, and has not won a Winter Olympics medal previously.

Background

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The 1924 Summer Olympics marked Lithuania's first participation in the Olympic Games. The nation made its debut in the Winter Olympics at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1] After its debut in 1928, the country did not participate in the Winter Games till the 1992 Games. The Lithuanian National Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1991. The country's participation in the 2010 Games marked its seventh appearance at the Winter Olympics.[1]

The 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver held between 12 and 28 February 2010.[2][3] The Lithuanian delegation consisted of six athletes.[4][5] Irina Terentjeva served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and Mantas Strolia was the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony.[6] Lithuania did not win any medal in the Games, and has not won a Winter Olympics medal previously.[1]

Competitors

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Lithuania during the Parade of Nations

Lithuania sent six athletes including two women who competed in three sports at the Games.[4][5]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 0 1
Biathlon 0 1 1
Cross-country skiing 3 1 4
Total 4 2 6

Lithuania had qualified an entry in the ice dancing event for the figure skating event in lieu of the pair of Deividas Stagniūnas and Katherine Copely finishing 14th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.[7] However, as Copely had an American citizenship, she did not meet the criteria required to represent Lithuania in the Olympics. Her special request for citizenship was denied by Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė.[8]

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The basic qualification mark for the alpine skiing events stipulated an average of less than 140 points in the list published by the International Ski Federation (FIS) as of 18 January 2010 for competitors ranked outside the top 100.[9]: 1  The quotas were allocated further based on athletes satisfying other criteria, with a maximum of 22 athletes (maximum of 14 male or 14 female athletes) from a single participating NOC with not more than four participants in a single event.[9]: 2  Vitalijus Rumiancevas achieved the basic qualification mark to qualify for the men's giant slalom and slalom events.[5] Born in 1985, this was his second participation in the Winter Games.[10]

The main event was held on 19 February 2010 at the Whistler Olympic Park.[11] In the giant slalom event, Rumiancevas completed his first run in 1:27.27. He took slightly longer to complete the course in the second run at 1:29.52. With a combined time of 2:56.79, he finished 59th amongst 89 competitors in the overall classification.[12][13] In the slalom event, he did not record a finish.[14]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Vitalijus Rumiancevas Men's slalom DNF
Men's giant slalom 1:27.27 1:29.52 2:56.79 59

Biathlon

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Diana Rasimovičiūtė was the lone Lithuanian competitor in biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Biathlon competitions were held at the Whistler Olympic Park from 13 to 26 February.[15] Two our Moldovan athletes participated across six events in biathlon.[5] The biathlon events consisted of a skiing a specific course multiple times depending on the length of the competition, with intermediate shooting at various positions. For every shot missed, a penalty of one minute is applied in individual events, and the participant is required to ski through a penalty loop in sprint events.[16][17]

In the women's events, Diana Rasimovičiūtė represented the country in all three of the women's individual medal events.[5] It was her third consecutive Winter Games appearance.[18] In the medal events, Levtchenkova registered her best finish in the women's sprint event, finishing 25th amongst the 88 participants.[16]

Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Diana Rasimovičiūtė Women's sprint 21:11.2 2 (1+1) 25
Women's pursuit 33:58.4 5 (0+0+3+2) 34
Women's individual 44:13.2 3 (1+0+1+1) 30

Cross-country skiing

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Modestas Vaičiulis participated in two events in cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

For the cross-country skiing event, athletes with a maximum of 300 distance points at the end of qualifying on 18 January 2010 were allowed to compete in the freestyle distance event.[9]: 4  After a maximum quota of 20 athletes (maximum of 12 male or 12 female athletes) from a single participating NOC was reached, the remaining quotas were allocated further to athletes satisfying standard criteria from other NOCs.[9]: 5  While Irina Terentjeva represented the nation in the women's events, three men competed in the men's events.[4][5] This was Terentjeva's third consecutive Winter Games appearance.[19] Amongst the men's participants, only Aleksei Novoselski had previously competed in the Olympics.[20]

The main event was held at the Whistler Olympic Park.[11] In the men's freestyle event, Novoselskicompleted the 15 km (9.3 mi) course in just over 38 minutes.[21][22] He finished the race in 71st position (out of 96 competitors), more than four minutes behind the winner Dario Cologna of Switzerland.[21] In the men's sprint events, Mantas Strolia was the best placed Lithuanian in 46th place.[23] In the women's freestyle event, Terentjeva finished 64th amongst the 78 competitors.[24]

Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Aleksei Novoselski Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 38:01.6 71
Men's sprint 3:51.70 53
Mantas Strolia Men's sprint 3:47.17 46
Modestas Vaičiulis 3:52.10 54
Modestas Vaičiulis
Mantas Strolia 		19:43.1 18
Irina Terentjeva Women's 10 kilometre freestyle 28:52.2 64
Women's sprint 4:04.47 49

References

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  6. ^ "Flag bearers at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Nebelhorn Trophy - Obertsdorf, Germany". Ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  8. ^ "Granting Lithuanian citizenship to Katherine Copely would be in violation of the Constitution". Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d "Qualification Systems for XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  10. ^ "Vitalijus Rumiancevas". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v13" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  12. ^ "Alpine skiing Giant Slalom, Men". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Alpine skiing schedule and results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
  14. ^ "Slalom men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Biathlon". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Biathlon, women's sprint". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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  18. ^ "Diana Rasimovičiūte". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Irina Terentjeva". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Aleksei Novoselski". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  21. ^ a b "2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiing men's 15 km freestyle results". International Ski Federation. 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  22. ^ "Cross-country 15km classical, Men". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Results, Cross-country skiing sprint men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Results, Cross-country skiing freestyle women". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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