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The Lithuanian rowing duo swam on Saturday morning in 2000 in 6: 27.36 minutes. and ranked second in the four-man sail.
The Lithuanians were in the last half of the distance, but they dove forward in the second half of the swim and fell only to Germans Stephen Krueger and Marc Weber (6: 26.64).
Irishmen Ronan Byrne and Philip Doyle (6: 29.90) also reached the semi-finals, leaving Czechs Jakub Podrazil and Jan Cuncibuch, who finished fourth (6: 32.86).
S.Ritteris and A.Adomavičius showed worse times on Saturday morning than on Friday, when the 2000 selection was divided into 6: 23.08 minutes, but more importantly, the Lithuanians reached the semi-finals and will continue to fight for the prizes.
In the semi-finals, the Lithuanian duo will sail S.Ritteris and A.Adomavičius on Sunday at the starting line at 6.40. Lithuanian time.
Cyprus Streimikis (LTOK) photo / Saulius Ritteris and Aurimas Adomavičius
A total of 12 teams out of the 14 that started on Friday made it to the semifinals.
We remind you that on Friday Mindaugas Griškonis, who is participating in a boat competition, and the rowing hopes of Lithuanian women, the duo of Milda Valčiukaitė and Donata Queen, also moved.
In turn, the quadruple pair (Armandas Kelmelis, Martynas Džiaugys, Dovydas Nemeravičius and Dominykas Jančionis) who jumped on the Olympic train at the last minute will swim in the consolation final on Sunday morning and try to win a ticket at semifinals.
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