Winter Olympic Games The 1976 Winter Olympics had initially been awarded in 1970 to Denver, Colorado in the United States. These Games would have coincided with the year of Colorado's centennial and the United States Bicentennial. However, in November 1972 the people of Colorado voted against public funding of the Games by a 3:2 margin. The IOC responded by offering the Games to Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, which had previously been an official candidate for the 1976 Games. However, a change in the provincial government resulted in an administration that did not support the Olympic bid, so the IOC's offer was rejected. Salt Lake
Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games injury, Kariniauskas qualified into the final roster. Lithuania was drawn into the Group B. "All times are local (UTC−3)." Lithuania national basketball team at 2016 Olympic Games This page tracks the progress of the Lithuania men's national basketball team participating in 2016 Olympic Games. On June 8, the twenty candidates list was published, who were invited to the training camp. The list surprisingly did not included last year European vice-champion Lukas Lekavičius. On July 16, the final Olympic roster was announced, however two of the last candidates: Artūras Milaknis and Vaidas Kariniauskas had to remain with the national team till