Although the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France represent the highest-profile competition of the summer, June brings us the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
The nation of Lithuania has revealed its 12-strong roster headed to the event, with the squad highlighted by Danas Rapsys and Aleksas Savickas.
At the 2022 edition of the European Championships, Lithuania placed 12th in the overall swimming medal table, having amassed 4 medals including 1 gold and 3 bronze.
Individual medalists included Andrius Sidlauskas reaping 100m breast bronze (59.50), Ruta Meilutyte earning 50m breast gold (29.59) and 100m breast bronze (1:06.50) and Kotryna Teterevkova locking in 200m breast bronze (2:24.16).
Even without Meilutyte and Teterevkova at this year’s edition, Lithuania is primed to make a run at several medals. Rapsys is a threat in multiple freestyle distances, including the 100m sprint in which he recently clocked a new national record of 48.55 last month.
Lithuanian team at the 2024 European Aquatics Championship in Belgrade:
- Rokas Jazdauskas – swimming
- Jokūbas Keblys – swimming
- Sebastian Konecki – diving
- Martynas Lisauskas – diving
- Tomas Lukminas – swimming
- Džiugas Miškinis – swimming
- Justine Murdock – swimming
- Tomas Navikonis – swimming
- Danas Rapšys – swimming
- Aleksas Savickas – swimming
- Andrius Šidlauskas – swimming
- Kristupas Trepočka – swimming
48.55 ain’t making the final let alone getting close to a medal
Glad to see Rapsys on the comeback trail after he flinched the gold away in 2019
Pre covid and pre chlorine daddy I thought Rapsys was the man. Maybe Paris is his turn to shine?
That’s why in elite competitive swimming it’s often about timing
Savickas will not come.