Lithuanian

This year Lithuanian student’s sports delegation will be the biggest delegation in Lithuanian students sport movement.

Lithuanian students’ sports delegation is more than one hundred people (more than 80 athletes) and going to participate in track-and-field, basketball, sailing, cycling, shooting, taekwondo, weightlifting, swimming and gymnastics.

Most of the athletes (about 80-90 percent) of students’ delegation are the members of Lithuanian national or Olympic team.

This year we have couple of past Universiade medalists, here it is:

Ms. Viktorija Zemaityte – the gold medalist-Bangkok Universiade (2007) Track-and-field in Heptathlon;

Ms. Lina Grincikaite – the gold medalist-Belgrade Universiade (2009), Track-and-field 100 m sprint event;

Ms. Sonata Tamosaityte – vice champion-Belgrade Universiade (2009), Track-and-field 100 hurdles;

Swimmer Mr. Giedrius Titenis – bronze medalist-Belgrade Universiade (2009).

Many athletes such as:

Mr. Aurimas Didzbalis – champion of World weightlifting youth championship 2010,

Mr. Karolis Girulis – vice champion of World University shooting championship 2010

Mr. Kestutis Navickas – 9^th place winner in Beijing Olypic Games,

Ms. Vilma Rimsaite and Ms. Vilija Sereikaite are gold medalists of various championships and tournaments in the past and in 2011,

As traditional sport – basketball we have deep traditions and strong teams, good players, so we hope that this year we will be able to have a strong man and woman basketball players and to go to Shenzhen Universiade to fight till the last breath;

This year we are expecting to win three or four medals, (track-and-field, swimming, cycling) and would much more happy if our athletes will get more than we expecting.