on June 29 at At 14.00 at the Freedom Monument, in the presence of Latvian basketball national team players and coach Lukas Banki, there will be a lightning event in honor of the upcoming Paris Olympic Games qualification tournament in basketball. All residents of Latvia are invited to take part in the flash game to “join hands” together and, chanting the slogan “Our land – Latvia”, give an unprecedented charge of energy to the Latvian basketball team, which will start the fight for participation in the Olympic Games on July 2.
Dzintars Dreibergs of the film “Network. In the process of developing the TTT legend, he interviewed several former TTT players. In the course of the research, a surprising and hitherto unheard fact was revealed – that this tradition – for the team to join hands before the game – was born in Latvia, and its founders are the Golden Girls of the legendary women’s basketball team “TTT”.
“Fans are a great force, and nothing happens in sports without fans. This gives the team a unique ability to outdo themselves. We all remember very well the time when Covid-19 was at home – how quiet sports competitions seemed, and we know the energy that reigns in an arena full of fans. The athletes are the same, but the power of the game with the fans is completely different. That’s why it’s important to come together and show that we care and that together we are a force,” says Sandis Miltovičs, event leader, producer, executive director of the “EuroBasket 2015” Latvian group and one of the curators of the “sixth player” – the fans.
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