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Diana Žiliūtė

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Diana Žiliūtė Personal information Full name Diana Žiliūtė Born ( 1976-05-28 ) 28 May 1976 (age 42) Rietavas, Lithuanian SSR Team information Discipline Road and track Role Rider Medal record Representing   Lithuania Women's road cycling Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Road Race World Championships 1998 Road race 1994 Team time trial 1999 Road race Diana Žiliūtė ( Lithuanian pronunciation: ​ [dʲɪjɛˈnɐ ʑɪˈlʲuːtʲeː] ; born 28 May 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s. She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two World Road Cup races, the overall World Road Cup title, and capped the season by winning the World Road Race Championships and leading the UCI Women's Road World Rankings. The follo

New York Asian Film Festival

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New York Asian Film Festival Location New York, New York Language International Website http://subwaycinema.com/ The New York Asian Film Festival ( NYAFF ) is a critically acclaimed film festival held in New York City. Programmed and operated by Subway Cinema, the festival generally features contemporary premieres and classic titles from Eastern Asia and Southeast Asia (particularly Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, and Thailand), though South Asian cinema has also been represented via films from India and Pakistan. [1] [2] Genres featured in the film festival includes Horror film, Gangster/Crime, Martial Arts, and Action. It was founded by Grady Hendrix, Paul Kazee, Brian Naas, Nat Olson, and Goran Topalovic, and was first held in 2002. [3] Until 2007, the festival was held annually at the Anthology Film Archives and/or The ImaginAsian, usually around the end of June and early July. In 2007, the festival moved to the IFC Center and Japan So