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Traditional sport in
Lithuania
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Basketball
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Lithuania is a country where kids grow up shooting for the basket rather than the goal.
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Basketball is the national sport. So much so that it is
frequently reffered to in press and conversations as
the “Second religion of Lithuania”
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Basketball is also the only of world’s main sports where
Lithuania is certainly a Great Power.
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With three medals in Olympic Games, three European Champions titles, a constant place in the Top 10 of the FIBA national team ranking this “Great Power” title is certainly no joke.
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Basketball, “The second religion of Lithuania”, attracts the largest crowds to arenas and TV screens.
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Many Lithuanians follow basketball, especially the national team
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so whenever there is a major championship you may be caught in the middle of a happy crowd parading streets,
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Basketball was brought to Lithuania as early as 1930s by Pranas Lubinas, a Lithuanian emigrant who returned to his homeland from America.