Nine military will represent Lithuanian Armed Forces in Olympic Games

Published: 31 July 2008 y., Thursday

Beijing, the host city for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Representatives of Lithuanian Armed Forces will leave for Beijing Olympic Games 2008 from Ministry of National Defence on July 31. Nine athletes serving in the National Defence System will participate in the XXIX Olympic Games. Three of them had already left for final stage of preparation in international sports camps abroad.

Three participants also took part in the Games last year. Seven military out of nine are members of National Defence Volunteer Force, the rest serve with other detachments of the Armed Forces.

All the participants are members of Lithuanian Armed Forces Sports Units coordinated by Sports Club of Lithuanian armed Forces. The Club is responsible for organisation of military sports camps and preparation for Europe’s and world’s games of the military.

Šaltinis: www.kam.lt
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Out of Olympics

Martina Hingis , the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, said she will not participate in the Sydney Olympics. more »

Armstrong holds lead after Botero stage win

Colombian Santiago Botero of Kelme won the 14th stage of the Tour de France. more »

The Dortmund Supertournament got a whole new start in round six!

World number two Vladimir Kramnik defeated his long-time rival Viswanathan Anand in a wild game. more »

The Euro 2000 semifinal

The Euro 2000 semifinal between France and Portugal ended in chaos as Portuguese players erupted in fury at referee Guenter Benko's decision to award a controversial late penalty against them. more »

Turkish coach sends home one of his players

Turkish national team coach Mustafa Denizli sent home Glasgow Rangers player Tugay Kerimoglu, because he threw a bottle of water. more »

Schumacher made a flying start Montreal Grand Prix, Canada

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher has won the Montreal Grand Prix more »

EURO 2000: France victorious over Czech Republic

World Cup champion France beat the Czech Republic 2-1 Friday to nearly secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the European Soccer Championship and push the Czechs close to elimination. more »

Italy goes on top of Group B with 2-0 win

Italy's continued its impressive play in Euro 2000 on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over co-host Belgium in Brussels. more »

Czechs Beat Slovaks To Retain World Crown

Olympic champions Czech Republic retained the world ice hockey title when they beat neighbors Slovakia 5-3 in a highly charged final on Sunday. more »

Leeds 3-1 Watford

Leeds cruised to a comfortable win over relegated Watford to greatly improve theirchances of a Champions League place next season. more »