OSU’s Navikonis competing for Team Lithuania in 2024 Paris Olympics
Tomas Navikonis. (Ohio State University photo)
Ohio State’s Tomas Navikonis has punched his ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics with Team Lithuania.
Navikonis qualified earlier this year with a seventh-place finish in the 4x200 freestyle relay at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Navikonis, a sophomore from Lithuania, and his teammates swam the relay in 7:11.47.
This will be Navikonis' first trip to the Olympics.
Swimming events in Paris will take place July 27 through Aug. 4.
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