Chief Sports Writer of the Australian Lithuanian newspaper – Alex (Čižauskas) Tigani – caught up with “The Bicycle Show” ahead of the 2012 UCI Track World Championships to talk about the cycling rivalry between Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) and Anna Meares (Aus) as well as the ongoing hospitally of the Geelong Lithuanian community.
**FOR THOSE WHO LIKE CYCLING –
The Geelong Lithuanian Vytis Sports Club will be hosting a BBQ at Pettit Park (Beauford Ave, Bell Post Hill, VIC 3215) on Friday the 30th of March 2012.
Be there at 6pm to meet Lithuania’s top track cyclists!
Oh i’m really quite curious why do you think that as far as cycling goes it’s the women in lithuania who are men too busy playing basketball that’s probably correct i mean with all the men in the country um well all the men at about six foot three
Six foot four i suppose they’ve run out they’ve they’re too tired of making bicycles to cater for that side so the women are like well we fit on them so we’ll give it a go and we produced all these championships good excuses so we’ve got a country of six foot three
Men yeah are we have we got a country of five for eleven women or uh well i’m a triple shade because i’m not the tallest of men going around i’m actually very excited that she’ll be my height so um for once when i interview a lithuanian
Female athlete i’ll be able to look at her uh it’s fantastic i i think that’s quite everything that’s short well i’m real short then yeah that’s the change oh yeah it’s a bit the same in in the dutch actually with the texture because my cousin came over here to stay with us
And she said i’ll feel at home because of all my heights the average it must be the latitude already but apparently holland is actually the tallest country on everest tallest yeah but they’re very tall the reason why i heard it might have been the news that just taken just taken possibly because
A lot of the women are very tall there too but yeah she’s just wrapped that um that’s so they can keep their head above the water that’s probably right heather is going to make a cycle and wait for the sun to come out yes i mean they’ve got to reach for the sun
Well i asked some friends who are studying there right now during our hot aussie summer i was just on on a social network going off it’s 40 today for the sun this means this is why i’m short i don’t have to reach so that’s exactly why we get plenty of it okay
It’s really interesting though to hear the cycling news of the lithuanian women yeah but we’re biased i knew nothing about this uh cycling participation until about three years ago and now i’m speaking of lots of lithuanians in australia so there we have it and all of them based in geelong while they’re
Awaiting the um well the world the world champions would say that due to other commitments in other um tournaments she’ll be heading straight to melbourne on the day of the uh the tournament however her her trainers her like her teammates and even her masseur who i might borrow halfway through the time
Uh no just just kidding um they’re all they’re all staying in geelong they they they’re looking forward to the barbecue this friday night 6 p.m at uh have you received are you expecting many media requests for the uh the liquidity and cycling team well uh the funny thing
Is um i do some work at the geelong advertiser and i’m doing some work for the uci so the geelong advertiser have asked the uci for a story who had then asked me who i’ve been asked the adi so it’s a triangle of just news sourcing in and
Out the uci website has been very helpful and hopefully um you can see more through the geelong advertiser later this week so thanks so what’s the work you’re doing for the uci that’s again um liaising with the australian team i’ll be liaising throughout the tournament um sacrificing half half my
Holidays which isn’t good for a year 12 but i’ll still get into it um yeah also on delphi sports who are the number one sports site in lithuania as the as the official australian writer for them um i’ll try and i’ll be um contacting them every single result so it’s gonna be a
Same time business correct i i hope when when you get up to uh high sense arena you’ll come and say hello to us all god sure will be there i’ll be there i’ll have to bring you lift your scarfs and wrap your girls up will yeah that works for me you’re not offended
When i take it off to interview anime i get some rather happy and see your reaction i don’t i don’t have to interview anybody i’ll be fine it’s actually not actually it’s actually good to hear about this because i mean it because everyone asks um anime is about vicki pendleton
And you know but to bring in other countries and instead of being like so how was it against person you know knowing that particularly the women well how is it against lithuania like they’re coming up next or something yeah and without triple santa who’s her rival see to the lithuanian people
Pendleton’s just an amateur name content compared to animes i mean yeah it’s crippled so that’s your official cycling rather than hamilton perhaps in the london orleans that’s a possibility but until then we’re targeting me as we’re taking on news yeah i just love hearing the different perspectives because i mean
I’m already pinching myself the fact that i’m approaching this so yeah that’s amazing so i’m assuming it’s uh studying year 12 hoping to get into journalism or something that’s correct um writing for the lithuanian paper having done stints at the herald sun geelong advertiser i’m hoping and of
Course ninety four point seven possible he has no trouble with interviews does he no no trouble i was actually more thinking he’s got no problem with just rolling the name of the radio station of his time well that as well yeah unfortunately they don’t play you here oh that’s all right
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