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According to the International Rowing Federation (FISA), the Lithuanians will replace non-Japanese Russian rowers at the Games, who failed to put together a competitive lineup.
“There will be no Russian doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, so Lithuania has been invited to load up and travel to Japan as soon as possible!” Announces the Lithuanian Rowing Federation.
Lithuanians used to expect to travel to Tokyo, as the International Rowing Federation reported positive doping tests for two Russian rowers, but the entire Russian four-seater crew was not suspended and the suspected athletes, Nikita Morgachov and Pavel Sorin, could be replaced. . by other rowers.
The quadruple Lithuanian paddle tennis player Dominykas Jančionis, Dovydas Nemeravičius, Giedrius Bieliauskas, Armandas Kelmelis stayed in the last race of the selection for the Tokyo Games in mid-May. The latter were won by the two fastest teams: Estonia and Russia, the Lithuanians were third. However, as events take a new direction, the Lithuanians will take the place of the Russians.
We remind you that five more Lithuanian rowers will participate in the Tokyo Games: Mindaugas Griškonis for one player and two pairs of doubles: Milda Valčiukaitė and Donata Karalienė and Saulius Ritteris and Aurimas Adomavičius.
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