Girlish's blog: "SPORT"

Basketball is the second religion in Lithuania. If you don't believe that - come over here when our team is playing at European Championship or the Olympics :) Bronze For Lithuania By Yarone Arbel 16 September 2007 The two last champions of Europe from 2003 and 2005 met on Sunday evening in Palacio de Deportes in Madrid and when the smoke cleared Lithuania beat Greece 78-69. Lithuania hit two birds with one stone. By winning the game they'll get to wear the bronze medal on the EuroBasket 2007 podium later on tonight, and also earned the third European ticket to the Olympic games in 2008. Greece wanted to win a third medal in a row, but saw a tough Lithuanian group who recovered in time from the surprising loss to Russia in the semi-finals last night. "It's not a gold medal but I'll take this," said Darius Songaila after the game. "For sure it's a great feeling. Now we're going to focus on the Olympics." Lithuania earned their first ever bronze medal and fifth medal in total in a EuroBasket. Greece finished fourth and lost the bronze medal game for the fourth time in their history.