Latvians in sport: Ligere takes bronze in Dakar, 3x3 youth team finish fourth (9 November)

Monday’s biggest cheer came from Dakar, where javelin thrower Elīza Ligere won bronze at the Youth Olympic Games. Her first attempt was ruled invalid and her second was weak, but her third went 52.00 metres, and none of her rivals could push her off the podium. On the same day in Dakar, Latvia’s youth 3x3 basketball team lost both their semi-final and the bronze-medal game after four straight wins, and no Latvians took to the ice on the NHL night.

Athletics

• Elīza Ligere (javelin, Youth Olympic Games, Dakar): bronze with 52.00m. Colombia’s Ilsa Mayerlina Córdoba won (57.62m), with Parizoda Talabova of Uzbekistan second (54.68m).

3x3 basketball

• Latvia youth team (Youth Olympic Games, Dakar): lost the semi-final 21-19 to Lithuania, with 10 points for Černuho, and the bronze-medal game 21-17 to Germany, with 6 points for Deičs. They finish fourth.

Ice hockey

• Alberts Šmits (New York Rangers, NHL): sat out for the second game running as the Rangers lost 3-1 to the Oilers in Edmonton.

Playing today

• Latvian volleyball champions Robežsardze/RSU play their first European cup game in 18 years, away in Serbia against Takovo of Gornji Milanovac in the CEV Challenge Cup.
• In the Champions Hockey League, Kristiāns Rubīns and Plzeň visit Davos (20:45 Riga time).
• In the EuroCup, Rihards Lomažs and Cedevita Olimpija of Ljubljana play away at Rostock (21:00).
• In the Danish league, Oskars Cibuļskis plays for Herning Blue Fox (20:00), and Artūrs Kulda, E. Bergmanis and E. Laškovs for Esbjerg (20:30); in the Swiss second tier, Toms Andersons plays for La Chaux-de-Fonds (20:45).
• Overnight into Wednesday, 02:30 Riga time: Columbus Blue Jackets v Florida Panthers, NHL, with Uvis Balinskis.

All games involving Latvian players today and in the coming days, plus season statistics, are on the Latvians abroad page.

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