„The best athletes of that age from all over the world gather at the Youth Olympic Games. It is nice that for some participants of the Youth Olympic Games, this becomes a motivation to continue striving for high mastery. Among the Lithuanians who participated in the Youth Games are Olympians such as swimmers Rūta Meilutytė, Kotryna Teterevkova, rowers Rolandas Maščinskas, Kamilė Kralikaitė, and more.
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Our goal as the national Olympic committee is to provide the best possible conditions for every Lithuanian team going to an Olympic event. Whether they are Olympians or youth.
Likewise in this case, every member of the delegation will receive a clothing set, we have taken care of travel tickets, equipment transportation, accommodation, and we will carry a lot of medical equipment,” said the head of the Lithuanian mission, director of Olympic sports at the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (LTOK), Agnė Vanagienė. LTOK also reimburses each athlete’s expenses for training camps abroad.
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It is planned that Lithuania will be represented by 14 athletes at the Youth Olympic Games. They will participate in competitions in eight sports: boxing, sailing, judo, fencing, athletics, coastal rowing, swimming, and 3×3 basketball.
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