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Lithuanian Olympics medalists to receive BMW cars
Danuta Pavilenene, BC, Vilnius, 06.09.2012.
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Five Lithuanian athletes who won medals at London Olympics will be rewarded with new BMW cars.
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Such decision was made by National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LTOK) in an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, writes LETA/ELTA.
The BMW 5 series will be given to modern pentathlon medalist Laura Asadauskaite, swimmer Ruta Meilutyte and canoeist Jevgenijus Suklinas, while bronze winner wrestler Aleksandras Kazakevicius and boxer Evaldas Petrauskas will receive BMW 3 series.
The worth of the cars stands at around LTL 900,000 (EUR 260,658).