Tag: Belarus athletes


An Olympic medallist about his arrest 18 November 2020, 12:44 | Kiryl Klimiankou, SPORT.TUT.BY A silver medallist in the decathlon of the 2008 Olympic games, Andrei Krauchanka, who was released today after 10 days in custody, spoke about his arrest Read more…


Basketball star Yelena Leuchanka recalls 15 days spent in an infamous Belarusian jail 29 Oktober 2020, 10:37 | Meduza On 30 September, one of the most famous athletes of Belarus was arrested at the Minsk Airport. Belarusian national team basketball Read more…


29 October 2020, 9:41 | TUT.BY Belarusian three-time swimming champion Aliaksandra Herasimenia told RBK about the persecution of athletes in her homeland, how she helps to fight it and the reasons why she left the country. The most interesting from Read more…


27 October 2020, 19:13 | Viktoryia Kavalchuk, TUT.BY Maryia Shakuro is 29 years old. She is the Belarusian Rugby National Team and Minsk Hrazhdanachka team captain. On 11 October, the resident of Minsk was arrested during a peaceful rally and Read more…


Ahead of the meeting, football and basketball players, together with members of the “What? Where? When?” intellectual game show held a rally at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland 23 October 2020 | Belarus Sport Solidarity Foundation Belarusian-Swiss RAZAM.CH Read more…


How I defend Belarusians, when anyone can be criminalized 8 October 2020 | Maria Melekhina, KYKY “In a few months we will reverse roles with those who made illegal decisions on our arrests. Once again we will look at each Read more…


30 September 2020 | SOS BY 30 September. One of the most prominent Belarusian athletes, basketball player Yelena Leuchanka, was detained at the Minsk airport this morning. Her achievements include best center of 2010, two-time champion of the Russian Federation, Read more…


The athlete put up her tracksuit, in which she took bronze in Rio, for auction to support the Sport Solidarity Fund 27 September 2020 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia Aliaksandra Herasimenia, a Belarusian swimmer, two-time vice-champion of the 2012 Olympic Games, bronze Read more…


27 September 2020 | SOS BY Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings in the native YouTube app. Over 600 athletes, members of the Free Association of Athletes of Belarus (@sos_by_2020), signed an appeal in Read more…


12 September 2020 | Alexandra Nikitushkina, Nezhno o Futbole Belarusian footballers of the top and first leagues, foreign championships, youth and national teams condemned the violence in Belarus. We recorded this video because we cannot remain silent! Remain silent – when they Read more…