The East German-born canoer, 42, and sporty mum-of-two won for Italy at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, after a string of international successes in LA, Seoul, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens
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Lithuania already has a ticket to Olympic Games in Peking. The basketball team won against the team from Greece in Eurobasket 2007 "little final" and came back with bronze medals. The game, which once was promoted by Lithuanians in America, still has the great number of fans at home.
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This year has been especially successful for Lithuanian youths – school kids, who do much to for the fame of Lithuania every year in various science competitions. Kids well versed in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics and IT have brought back medals with them.
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