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The Lithuanian trio’s team will depart for Graz, Austria on Tuesday, where they will compete for entry to the Tokyo Olympics on May 26-30, but it turned out that the Lithuanians will compete without one of their best players: Ignas Vaitkus. . The Utena Juventus club announced on its website that the defender had a broken joint in his right leg.
On Monday, the medical council will decide if the player will need surgery, but Utena’s team announces that it is clear that this season is over for the basketball player.
Despite the upcoming semi-final with Kaunas “Žalgiris”, the “Juventus” team had sent Vaitkai to the Olympic team, provided that the defender returned to the extension at the end of the season, but now such a blow caused a double defeat . – both the team and the Utena club suffered.
This season, Vaitkus scored an average of 12.2 points (57.1% from shots from two, 36.8% from triples, 83.9% from penalties), bounced 4.2 balls, had 3 assists and accumulated 14 points useful.
Aurelijus Pukelis, Darius Tarvydas, Šarūnas Vingelis remained in the trio team, and Paulius Semaška or Modestas Kumpis will have to replace the injured teammate.
As a consequence of this failure, not only the selection of the Olympic trio is stuck in the air, but also the end of the Juventus season. Vaitkus was one of the leaders of Utena, Vaidas Kariniauskas will not be able to play until the end of the season, the situation of Martynas Gecevičius is not clear. The latter will pass a series with “Žalgiris”.
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