ESTONIA made a piece of history Sunday as the Luik sisters – Liina, Lily and Leila Liuk – became the first triplets to compete in the Olympics together.

    The identical triplets christened themselves the “Trio to Rio” as they competed in Sunday’s women’s marathon. The triplets only started running six years ago and wanted to prove to others that it’s OK to get a late start on trying something you’ve always wanted to do.

    Unfortunately, only two of the sisters finished the race. Liina Luik was one of 23 runners to drop out because of the heat in Rio. Lily finished 97th with a time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 29 seconds (24 minutes behind gold medalist Jemima Sumgong of Kenya) while Leila finished 114th with a time of 2:54.38.

    (SD-Agencies)