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On Saturday and Sunday, a Baltic biathlon cup is being held in Ignalina, Lithuania. This is the very first international biathlon race for independent Lithuania ever and it's going to be the debut for our new shooting range that took probably a decade to be finalised. There will be athletes from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Finland joining the Lithuanian biathlon squad. With this new infrastructure and the ability to host official races without having to go to Otepaa (EST) or Madonna (LAT), perhaps we'll have a wave of newcomers in the sport in time, especially since Ignalina has strong winter sport traditions in Lithuania.

Imagine flexing on us peasants for having more than a single valid option for an open contest It's the second open contest in a row where I accidentally find that an artist that I like is old enough to enter And their best songs are usually in the 2018-19 era :////

I'm not entirely certain that this song is going to do well here, but it definitely represents the fact that I'm absolutely in love with anything that has guitars as a lead instrument. And heck, Lithuanian language is making a return too jautì - is a Lithuanian alternative rock band and "Eyes" is their first single from when the band started playing together in 2016. They gained a fair amount of attention in the indie scene and followed it up with a 2019 debut album, a small EP in 2020 and their second album released this year. All three of their works have been positively acclaimed and the band had a great summer season doing shows across Lithuania. LITHUANIA jautì - Akys | Eyes Tu surasi | You'll find us Mus Mažus | When we were little Kai tais krantais | When we're on the shore Brisim kartu | Wading together Pasiimk mane | Take me Į vandenis gilius | To the deepest waters Aš nuskęsiu tavo akyse | I'm going to drown in your eyes Aš nuskęsiu | I'll drown Aš nuskęsiu tavo akyse | I'm going to drown in your eyes Aš nuskęsiu | I'll drown Tu surasi | You'll find us Mus Mažus | When we were little Kai tais krantais | When we're on the shore Brisim kartu | Wading together Pasiimk mane | Take me Į vandenis gilius | To the deepest waters Aš nuskęsiu tavo akyse | I'm going to drown in your eyes Aš nuskęsiu | I'll drown Aš nuskęsiu tavo akyse | I'm going to drown in your eyes Aš nuskęsiu | I'll drown Aš nuskęsiu tavo akyse | I'm going to drown in your eyes

I've been so overwhelmed with work lately, that you're lucky you didn't have to hunt me down

Lithuania is in, only two weeks to register a song, it's gonna be fast paced, so I better start thinking now

Woah, Leleivytė finished 3rd in the women's race, that's something that Lithuania hasn't seen in a decade and more.

I don't know what to think of this championship and if it correlates well with what we're going to get when winter arrives. Romanov got 6th and 8th in sprint and pursuit, could've even medaled in the sprint if he didn't miss that one target, looked a lot better compared to some athletes that he always lost to last season and earlier, but I'm not sure if I should buy into the hype He also praised the new B team coach from Belarus and said that he's feeling a lot stronger both physically and psychologically, as well as starting to shoot a bit faster. I wonder how he'll look compared to Banys, Fomin and Mačkinė, all of whom are from the same junior batch.

I've been hyping up the Alekna brothers for years on this forum and now Mykolas is an U20 European and World champion It's our first medal in 9 years and I think that Mykolas is already strong enough to do some damage in the senior discus as well, because in his second ever senior discus competition he threw a 63.50 and he had one foul where the discus hit the 65 metre line and that would have been good enough for an Olympic final

Damn, I think that I could beat Asadauskaitė in this pentathlon

ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. Covid in July Fractured ribs after falling off a horse less than three weeks before the Olympic start A bad day in fencing, but a fabulous perfect score in riding Laura Asadauskaitė does her magic again, running from 13th to 2nd and winning our very first medal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I honestly can't believe it, if it wasn't for that horse on drugs in Rio De Janeiro, this could have been a third Olympic medal in a row for Laura. What a phenomenal athlete that will be forever remembered in the history of women's modern pentathlon. I don't know if she is aiming for Paris, it's only three years, perhaps she could do it, but she would be 40 in Paris Gintarė Venčkauskaitė raced a beautiful race aswell, with another perfect 300 in riding and an absolute cracker of a race in the running+shooting. You know shit is about to go down when you have Venčkauskaitė with a WR and Asadauskaitė with the OR in the last discipline.

Heartbreak for Lithuania, probably the last real chance to get a medal in these Olympics, with a small off-chance for Andrius Gudžius (has a minor injury) and Laura Asadauskaitė, whom caught covid a month ago and fractured her ribs when she fell with her horse during training a few weeks ago. Anyways, Milda Valčiukaitė and Donata Karalienė are absolutely amazing. Milda recovering from multiple injuries this season, Donata Karalienė training for a couple of months after a three year hiatus from the sport. It's unbelievable they missed the bronze by so little.

With Rapšys doing what he's doing, I'm just happy that we have Šidlauskas and Teterevkova that managed to qualify to their 100m breaststroke semi-finals, which is a very decent performance for Teterevkova when she's only 19 and Šidlauskas is fairly young in the swimming scene as well.

Well, since nobody cares about swimming and I'm too lazy to make a thread right now, I'm really happy that Savickas took the silver medal in the U20's 100m. Breaststroke. He's been pretty good and might even be capable to go under a minute before the next Olympics.

Martynas Alekna survived as well and into the Discus Throw final with a 57+ throw. He'll need to throw near his PB if we want a medal.

Greta Karinauskaitė is the first Lithuanian to be proud of today Ran close to her PB in the 3000m Steeplechase and looked like a pretty comfortable final, so perhaps more to come? If not this year, she is born in 2001, so she'll have another go.

5 additional Lithuanians have qualified through the rating system: Airinė Palšytė - high jump (3rd Olympics) Liveta Jasiūnaitė - javelin throw Agnė Šerkšnienė - 400m Adrijus Glebauskas - high jump Gediminas Truskauskas - 200m Four of these athletes are Lithuanian record holders.

I forgot to update that Mykolas Alekna threw the second furthest distance of all time in the 1.75kg Discus Throw at 69.77. It was only 36 centimetres shorter than the World Youth record by Mykyta Nesterenko in 2008. Mykolas Alekna is scheduled to take part in both the U20 championships being held this year.

Lithuanian women's team has officially expanded to three. During the last year, the documents have been finalised behind the scenes, similarly to Paulauskaitė, Žurauskaitė also had a Lithuanian grandparent.

Day 2 of the Lithuanian Athletics Championships highlights: Tomas Keršulis is one of the highlights again, breaking his PB by 0.46 seconds and finishing 200m in 21.00, taking second place and becoming the 18th Lithuanian to qualify to the European U23 championships. In the men's javelin, Edis Matusevičius reached a SB of 83.53, he's been throwing a little bit further in every competition, hoping for the best in the Olympics. For the women, Modesta Justė Morauskaitė won the 400m. Hurdles convincingly, she still has one additional start this year to attempt qualifying to the Olympic Games, she needs less than a second and she already scrathed off 1.5 seconds from her PB this season. There were some tense moments in the high jump where Airinė Palšytė took three attempts at 1.96, which were unsuccessful and she finished with 1.93. She might qualify through the rating system though. The Triple jump battle was won by Dovilė Kilty this time with a 13.89. She would easily qualify through the rating system, but there are already 32 women with a qualifying mark, so Dovilė has only one chance next week to get the qualifying mark for the Olympic Games. She had qualified for Rio in 2016, but missed it due to being pregnant. Lastly, Liveta Jasiūnaitė won the javelin throw with a 60.79, she has been throwing over 60 metres consistently now and consistency is going to be key for qualifying for that Olympic final.

That is widely spread so that the horses wouldn't get any ideas of overruling our society.

If you have ever watched modern pentathlon before, you should fully well know that horses are our mortal enemies here in Lithuania. We don't ride them, they ride us.

Day 1 of the Lithuanian Athletics Championships highlights: Tomas Keršulis was not known to nearly everyone in the stadium this evening, he started in the slowest heat of 400m and blew away the competition and everybody questioned the time posted on the clock. Nobody was able to beat his time in the faster heats and he became a Lithuanian champion in his very first competition in Lithuania. (he lives and trains in USA) 3000m. Steeplechase was lucky today for Giedrius Valinčius, who ran under 9 minutes and qualified to the European U23. It is the final chance to qualify to U23, the U20s still have an additional week of competitions. Adrijus Glebauskas was aiming for the Olympic qualification mark in the high jump, but eventually he got stuck on 2.31 (3rd attempt looked good). He won the championship with a 2.29 jump, it might be good enough to sneak him through the rating system. Highlight was the Discus Throw for men, where Gudžius without question won with a rather humble 67.21. What stole the attention of everyone was that Mykolas Alekna decided to take part in the competition throwing the senior discus (he only did that once last year). His best throw was 63.52, he became the 8th best thrower in Lithuanian history, broke the Lithuanian 19yo record and took the WL in his age group. His older brother Martynas came in 3rd with a 58.26 and of course during the medal ceremony, it was Virgilijus Alekna that awarded the medals. Nothing too crazy on the women's side. Urtė Bačianskaitė qualified to the U23 in shot put, she had failed to qualify in heptathlon and focused on the shot put instead. Beatričė Juškevičiūtė also qualified in the 100m Hurdles for U23, but she'll start in heptathlon. Everything interesting happened in the discus, where Ieva Zarankaitė broke her PB after an abyssmal season. It was the first time this year that she threw above 60 metres and her score was 62.08, which might help her qualify through rating. Second was Zinaida Sendriūtė with a competitive 59.51. Finally, Paulina Stuglytė, born in 2004, took the 3rd place with a 48.91. She broke the Lithuanian 16yo record, but was 9cm too short to a U20 World Champ qualifying mark, but she has qualified to the European U20 already earlier this month. I'll come back to this tomorrow, Airinė Palšytė, Edis Matusevičius, Liveta Jasiūnaitė, Gediminas Truskauskas and a triple jump battle between Kilty and Zagainova are the things to watch tomorrow.

With this relay fiasco, feels that we're staying in the 2nd league. We can't afford to collect 0 points in more than one competition

Greta Karinauskaitė with a monstrous 20 second PB, Lithuanian U23 record, 3rd best 3000m Steeplechase performance in Lithuanian history and 10th best U23 time right now from Europe.

Omg, this is so embarrassing, Zinaida Sendriūtė threw 48 metres in the discus. I don't even know how that one was possible, because she hasn't had anything worse than the 55-56m range during competitions and she was even throwing close to 60 earlier this week.