Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
VILNIUS - Lithuanianathletes, placing first to eighth place in the Beijing Summer Olympic Games will be awarded cash prizes worth a total of 2.755 million litas (EUR 799,000). The head of the Lithuanian Department of Physical Education and Sports Algimantas Kuksta told The Baltic News Service t
Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Gerd Kanter of Estonia won the men�s discus with a throw of 68.82 meters. Piotr Malachowski of Poland won the silver medal with a throw of 67.82. Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania took bronze at 67.79. 0 1 Vote(s)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Beijing - This day in Olympic history: August 222004 - Hungarian Robert Fazekas wins the hammer throw with a distance of 70.93. After failing to produce enough urine to be tested, he was disqualified and later a bag of stored urine was found on his b...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
TALLINN - Estonia went wild when Gerd Kanter claimed the country’s first gold medal of the summer Olympic Games in the men’s discus throw. Kanter won in style, with a throw of 68.82, a full meter farther than his nearest rival, Piotr Malachowski of Poland. In a double whammy for the Baltics, Virgil
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Gerd Kanter of Estonia won the men’s discus with a throw of 68.82 meters. Piotr Malachowski of Poland won the silver medal with a throw of 67.82. Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania took bronze at 67.79.
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
A two-time Olympic discus champion has had his training interrupted by dog defecation. Lithuanian Virgilijus Alekna encountered the unusual problem after a dog show was held at his practice stadium. Alekna was practicing ahead of the Beijing Olympics when he found his space overrun with excrement. Alekna - who also works as [...]
With Leather (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Virgilijus Alekna, a two-time Olympic discus champion from Lithuania, tried to get in one last training session before he travels to Beijing and gets gunned down by storm troopers along with everybody else. The only problem: like the rest of Lithuania, the practice field was covered in dog shit . "Dogs were doing what animals usually do, defecating and peeing," the professional bodyguard told Lithuanian...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
And you thought your day was hard: "Two-time Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna encountered an unusual problem at a final pre-Beijing training session in Lithuania at the weekend — his...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Two-time Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna encountered an unusual problem at a final pre-Beijing training session in Lithuania at the weekend -- his practice venue was covered in dog poo.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
VILNIUS (Reuters) - When Virgilijus Alekna is not acting as a bodyguard to Lithuania's former president, he is training to win a third Olympic discus title in Beijing.
