23.08.2016 - 17:28

News of Belarus. They prepared for it for 4 years, and she raced in 17 days. The Olympics in Rio ended on the night of August 22, and Belarusian athletes are already returning home. All of them, undoubtedly, received a valuable professional, and indeed life experience, and individual athletes also medals, proving to the whole world that they are the best in their disciplines.

In the final medal standings, Belarus was 40th (out of 87). We have 9 awards - from gold to bronze. Let's remember, as they say, names, appearances, flogged!

No. 1. Silver Daria Naumova

Belarusians waited for the first medal for 7 whole days. The 20-year-old weightlifter Daria Naumova opened the account for the awards. In the weight category up to 75, the athlete lifted 258 kg and won a silver medal at the first Olympic Games in her life! And this is all the more significant because the girl came from easy to weightlifting just 5 years ago.

No. 2. Gold of Vladislav Goncharov

Vlad is also only 20 years old, and the Olympics in Rio is also the first for him, as well as the medal in trampolining for Belarus in the entire history of our athletes' participation in this sport. The first - and immediately golden!

Number 3. Silver Vadim Streltsov

The history of this medal is from the category of the legend of the Phoenix. In the status of the country's most promising weightlifter, Vadim participated in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. But he arrived there injured and failed miserably. Career began to crumble before our eyes: in 2013, Streltsovets was directly offered to leave big-time sports. And with the support and thanks to the personal initiative of coach Viktor Leonidovich Shershukov, he rehabilitated himself - he became the world champion in weightlifting in 2015 and a silver medalist in Rio! By the way, Vadim is unlucky at the Olympics: he performed in Brazil with a sore knee.

No. 4. Bronze of Alexandra Gerasimenya

Alexandra Gerasimenya pleases us with the second Olympics in a row! In London 2012, the athlete was a 2-time silver medalist in the 100 and 50 m freestyle heats. In Rio Alexandra, only the 50-meter race succumbed, but its weight is immeasurable in metal. Here the matter is in the results of competitions in the inter-Olympic period. At the 2015 World Cup in Kazan, Alexandra failed at both crown distances: at the “hundredth” she became the penultimate one in the semi-finals, at the “fifty dollars” she did not even leave the “preliminary”. And many hurried to write off our " goldfish”from the accounts ... But it wasn’t there!

No. 5. Bronze by Javid Gamzatov

26-year-old Javid Gamzatov brought a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling for Belarus, but also to the delight of Dagestan. 10 years ago, the athlete moved to the Gomel region. He trained first in Mozyr, then in Gomel. And the fact that the Olympic medalist grew out of Gamzatov must be thanked to his older brother, who brought the 9-year-old Javid to the wrestling section.

No. 6. Silver Maria Mamoshuk

This medal is especially valuable for Belarus - it is the first in women's wrestling throughout the history of the country's participation in the Olympic Games. And it was won by a 23-year-old girl from the small village of Zyabrovka, 18 kilometers from Gomel. Mashenka grew up there, and a serious athlete Maria Mamoshuk was brought up in the Gomel Olympic Reserve School!

No. 7. Silver Ivan Tikhon

The medal of Ivan Tikhon is more than the award of the main start of the four years in the piggy bank of Belarus. This is a triumphant return of an athlete to big sport after almost 8 years. This is the restoration of a seriously tarnished reputation. This is a personal victory for those who have always believed in Tikhon. This is beyond words, read here:

No. 8. Bronze women's kayak-four

Margarita Makhneva, Nadezhda Lepeshko, Olga Khudenko and Marina Litvinchuk brought medals in the 500m. The girls, as they say, with their breasts stood for the entire Belarusian rowing and canoeing in Rio. Because of the men's team from the Olympics, the women's team played in Brazil without their "second half" and without a coach, who, for the same reason, was forced to stay in Minsk.

No. 9. Bronze by Ibragim Saidov

Dagestani Ibragim Saidov under the flag of Belarus won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in heavyweight. In the fight for the third place, he defeated an Armenian with a Georgian surname Berianidze on the mat. Here is such an international battle for third place! You won’t believe it: Ibrahim didn’t count on a medal in Rio - a week before the start he injured his jogging leg and performed injections in Brazil.

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Olympics. Belarus joined anti-record chart set of medals at the Summer Olympics

2016-08-11 01:12:24

In Rio de Janeiro, Belarus entered an anti-record medal collection schedule at the Summer Olympics. Until now, the worst result was at the 2012 Games in London, when the Belarusian delegation received its first award only on the fifth day of the competition (Marina Shkermankova, weightlifting, category up to 69 kg).

At the 2016 Olympics, the fifth day of the competition did not bring any awards to our athletes. The piggy bank of the Belarusian national team in Rio de Janeiro is still empty.

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Today, July 23, the first Belarusian athletes, the archery team, are leaving for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They will reach Brazil by the morning of the next day - the flight will be long and with a transfer.

The current Games, or rather the atmosphere and emotional background around them, are somewhat out of the usual rut and differ from what happened the day before Summer Olympics previous years.

No competitions with grain growers, no medal plan, no tough order to win

In 2004, before the Athens Olympics, to increase the degree and increase the motivation of athletes, the president of the National Olympic Committee Alexander Lukashenko organized hitherto unprecedented competitions between peasants and Olympians - they say, who will show themselves better: athletes in the stadium or grain growers in the harvest field. And although the winner in these competitions was not officially determined (it is difficult to understand by what criteria to judge and how many tons of threshed grain to equate to a medal of what value), but the workers of the agricultural industry liked this competitive spirit.

In 2008, before the Games in Beijing, grain growers zealously rushed to harvest and, without the participation of the president, they themselves challenged the athletes. Those, in turn, were motivated by the state by assigning awards for Olympic medals in the amount of 100, 50 and 30 thousand dollars respectively for gold, silver and bronze. And after the prize money was added with apartments.

At the same time, the Ministry of Sports and the NOC made medal plans and forecasts for both Athens and Beijing. They did not make a secret of this, but the expected number of awards was not advertised.

But before the London Olympics, sports management has already moved from forecasts to requirements. By 2012, competitions with grain growers became boring and went out of trend, and therefore Alexander Lukashenko and the most eloquent minister of sports in sovereign history tried to take on the role of the main motivators for the Olympians Oleg Kachan.

Alexander Grigoryevich, who escorted the athletes to the previous Games with fatherly parting words and wishes of good luck, in 2012 turned the Olympic principles upside down.

« I want you to understand that everything happens in sports, but not at the Olympic Games. A person is preparing for the Olympic Games and is preparing all the reserves that he has. Therefore, there can only be victory. - The main thing is not participation, but victory. Here is my order on behalf of the Belarusian people.”- said the President of the NOC.

Oleg Kachan, in his turn, fervently emphasized at almost every public speech that in London the Belarusian sportsmen were given the task of winning 25 medals, five of which must be gold.

By the way, before London the amount of prize money was increased. Rates have risen to 150, 75 and 50 thousand dollars.

However, neither money, nor plans, nor even the president's ultimatum call, brought any effect. In London, the Belarusian team held its worst Olympics, winning twelve medals - two gold, five silver and five bronze.

Apparently, having come to the conclusion that it is not worth acting with athletes using the whip method, the leadership changed tactics again before the current Olympics. Now there is no medal plan, for the first time there are no forecasts by the Ministry of Sports and the NOC on the number of awards, and at the ceremony of seeing off the delegation, Lukashenka did not punish, but expressed hope.

“We hope for the victories of the Belarusian athletes. You will plunge into the sea of ​​love and attention from our grateful fans. It is equally important that the state will appreciate your every successful performance. I will be very happy if this Olympics gives us a reason to sum up its results in front of the whole people and present well-deserved awards to everyone who forges the Olympic glory of the country., the president said.

Solemn farewell to the Belarusian sports delegation at
XXXI Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“There really are no medal predictions for this Olympics. The bet is placed on each athlete,- confirms the press secretary of the NOCAnastasia Marinina. - We look forward to traditionally medal-intensive sports for Belarus. Athletics, weightlifting, rowing, rhythmic gymnastics, taekwondo, cycling, wrestling, table and tennis, sailing».

Prize money for medals remained at the level of the last Olympics.

Who, when and how flies to Rio

The Belarusian delegation to the Rio Games is not numerous compared to the delegations to the Olympics in 2008 and 2012. Thus, Belarus sent more than 300 people to Beijing, including 180 athletes; to London - 350 people, of which 166 athletes. Only 230 people fly to Rio, of which 125 are athletes.

Both the administrative and technical headquarters and the number of athletes have been reduced. By the way, after Beijing - our most successful Olympics - who at that time held the post of Minister of Sports Alexander Grigorov noted that the ranks of athletes "Could be cleaned up".

Before the Olympics in Rio, the purge, apparently, was quite tough and the number of "tourists" was reduced to a minimum.

“Weak athletes do not go to the Olympics- said Anastasia Marinina. - If an athlete has won a license, then he is among the top athletes in his form..

As shown by previous Olympics, about every tenth athlete becomes a medalist among Belarusians. Given these statistics, as well as the men's kayaking and canoeing team - one of the main contenders for awards (in London, male rowers won two "silver" and one "bronze"), we dare to make a disappointing forecast - in Brazil in terms of the number medals, the Belarusian team can set an anti-record.

But for now, I don’t want to think about the bad, and we propose to keep faith in the best until the end. With it, at least, it will be more interesting to watch the performances of our athletes, whose first group went to Rio today, July 23.

The pioneers from the Belarusian delegation - the technical group - are already in Brazil. They flew to Rio in the middle of this week.

From Saturday, the transfer of Belarusian troops to Brazil and in the opposite direction will take place almost every day. The women's basketball team will go to South America next - departure on July 25th.

“All athletes, with the exception of those who fly to Rio from foreign training camps or competitions, go to Brazil along one route: Minsk - Frankfurt - Rio. It was not chosen by chance. It is with this route that the minimum waiting time for a transfer is 6 hours. With other routes, the waiting time for a transfer would be from 9 to 12 hours. Also very convenient and arrival time in Rio - about 6 am local time. The carrier is Lufthansa. The national air carrier company Belavia does not have aircraft that can perform such 12-hour flights”, - Anastasia Marinina revealed the details.

“Someone arrives in advance, before the start of the Games, someone is already in the process of the Olympics. It all depends on the sport and the recommendations that are developed for each athlete by the relevant specialists, based on acclimatization factors, weather conditions and other subtleties., - adds the press secretary of the Ministry of Sports Vladimir Nesterovich.

At whose expense is the banquet?

The Olympics itself, no matter how strange it may seem at first glance, is perhaps the most economical tournament for Belarus in terms of public spending.

Firstly, accommodation and meals for all accredited persons, that is, the entire delegation, are paid by the organizers of the main start of the four-year period.

Secondly, the Belarusian side will initially have to fork out for a flight from Minsk to Rio, but then the International Olympic Committee partially compensates the cost of tickets for each member of the delegation.

“Compensated from 30% to 80% of the cost of tickets. The amount of compensation is different for each category of persons. For athletes - one, for the administrative headquarters - another, for officials - the third ", - explains Anastasia Marinina.

We looked at how much tickets for the flight our athletes fly. A one-way ticket from Minsk to Rio in economy class will cost 1430 euros, in business class - 3450 euros.

But as for the costs of preparing for the Olympics, then the figures are, of course, colossal and they fall entirely on the shoulders of the state.

“We didn’t count how much money was spent on the training of one Olympian, but in general, over four years, about 120 billion rubles went to prepare for the Olympics in London, with the exception of salaries”, - noted in 2012 the Assistant to the President for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Development Igor Zaichkov.

If we translate this amount into a dollar equivalent, then we get about 15 million (in mid-August 2012, the dollar exchange rate was about 8,350 rubles).

Belarusians won 12 medals in London (there was also gold Hope Ostapchuk in the shot put, but after a doping disqualification, this medal was taken away). That is, roughly speaking, each of them cost the country $1.25 million.

The cost of preparing for Rio was not disclosed. Neither the NOC nor the Ministry of Sports could provide us with information, just as we did not try to achieve at least some figures. However, it is unlikely that they have become smaller.

Will the main fan fly to Rio?

Alexander Lukashenko during the reign of the country (and this is neither more nor less than 22 years) has visited three Olympics: one summer and two winter.

The Olympic debut for Lukashenko was the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. They say that Alexander Grigoryevich was not originally going to the Olympics and decided to visit it only after two victories of the hockey team dear to the heart over the Germans and the French.

Alexander Lukashenko at the Nagano Olympics. Photo ITAR-TASS

At the same time, the Japanese authorities refused the president an official visit, but he flew anyway. Moreover, Lukashenka, apparently, was so worried about the hockey team that, in violation of all the rules, during one of the training sessions of the Belarusians, he broke into the playground.

“We practiced on the ice. Look, the president is coming to us. He came up, said hello, supported the guys, and asked me: “Why is he so pale?” I don't even remember what I answered. And the fact that the media wrote that he was trying to teach us how to play hockey is not true. He only supported the team and wished to perform as best as possible among the strongest teams in the world. He spoke briefly with us and went to inspect the palace.”, - recalled in an interview for website Anatoly Varivonchik who led the team at the time.

For subsequent Olympic Games - in Sydney (summer, 2000), Salt Lake City (winter, 2002), Athens (summer, 2004) and Turin (winter, 2006) - Alexander Lukashenko watched, like most Belarusians , on TV. The reason for this was the significantly shattered image of Belarus in the international arena in terms of observing the principles of democracy.

For example, the then Minister of Sports and Tourism, appointed head of the Belarusian delegation in Athens Yuri Sivakov was forced to lead the team from his office in Minsk. Suspected of involvement in the disappearances of well-known Belarusian politicians, Sivakov, the European Union and the Greek Foreign Ministry warned even before the start of the Games that he could be deported or even arrested if he appeared on Greek soil.

And by the time the Olympics were held in Turin, Belarusian high-ranking officials were also restricted from entering the EU countries.

Alexander Lukashenko and his son Nikolai
at the Beijing Olympics. Photo BelTA

In general, Alexander Grigorievich got to his next Olympics only ten years later. In 2008, in Beijing, with which Minsk was already friends with might and main, the Belarusian president and his youngest son Nikolai were welcomed with open arms.

In 2010, Lukashenka, as reported by the media, preferred a business visit to Switzerland to the Games in Vancouver, which was combined with "short break".

Alexander Grigoryevich was not accredited to the London Olympics in 2012.

“President Lukashenko is on the list of persons who are banned from entering the European Union due to his participation in violation of international standards during the presidential elections in Belarus on December 19, 2010, as well as the ensuing crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition. This ban remains in effect and will be in effect during the Olympic Games. The decision on this matter will not be changed.”, - the message of the British Embassy in Belarus said.

At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the Belarusian president and his son Nikolai were received as relatives. At the same time, the head of the NOC not only followed the performances of our athletes, but was also one of the first to congratulate them in case of success.

Whether Alexander Grigoryevich will fly to Rio is still unknown. The press service of the NOC does not have this information. And contact the head of the press service of the head of state Natalya Eismont we failed.

By the way, if the president still decides to visit the current Olympics, it will be his second visit to Brazil. In 2010, Lukashenka and his youngest son have already visited this sunny country.

The results of the performances of the sportsmen of the BFSO "Dynamo" at the XXXI Summer Olympics-2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

The sports honor of the country was defended by 41 athletes of the BFSO "Dynamo" in 14 sports in the national team of the Republic of Belarus: track and field athletics - 15 people, rhythmic gymnastics and rowing - 5 participants each, table tennis - 3 athletes, freestyle wrestling, sailing and bullet shooting - 2 people each, boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, cycling, rowing and canoeing, judo, diving and weightlifting - 1 participant each.

The representation of the regional organizational structures of the BFSO "Dynamo" looked as follows:

1. Brestskaya - 10* people in three sports (boxing, rowing, athletics);

2. Vitebsk - 3* people in three sports (cycling, judo, athletics);

3. Gomel - 4 people in four sports (Greco-Roman wrestling, rowing, rowing and canoeing, athletics);

4. Grodno - 8 * people in three sports (freestyle wrestling, athletics, bullet shooting);

5. Minsk - 20 * people in nine sports (freestyle wrestling, artistic gymnastics, academic rowing, judo, athletics, sailing, diving, bullet shooting, table tennis);

6. Mogilev - 1 person in one sport (weightlifting).

Note: * Asterisk marks athletes who give credit to two organizations (5 people in total).

The Olympic team of the Republic of Belarus won nine medals at the 2016 Games (1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze). They were awarded to 12 athletes. It should be noted that the Dynamo athletes are the owners of four medals. "Silver" for Darya Naumova - weightlifting, Mogilev OOS (regional organizational structure), for Ivan Tikhon - athletics, Grodno OOS; "bronze" for Ibragim Saidov - freestyle wrestling, Grodno OOC, Marina Litvinchuk - rowing and canoeing, Gomel OOC.

Fourth places went to Vladimir Samsonov - table tennis, Minsk International Organizational Organization (Interterritorial Organizational Structure), and Marina Litvinchuk - kayaking and canoeing, Gomel Regional Environmental Organization. Seven Dynamo players took fifth places (Vasilisa Marzalyuk - freestyle wrestling, Melitina Stanyuta - rhythmic gymnastics, Maria Kadobina - rhythmic gymnastics, Maria Kotyak - rhythmic gymnastics, Arina Tsycilina - rhythmic gymnastics, all - Minsk MOS, Stanislav Shcherbachenya - academic rowing, Gomel OOS, Tatyana Kholodovich - track and field athletics, Brest OOS), three - sixth places (Ekaterina Galkina - rhythmic gymnastics, Minsk MOS, Marina Litvinchuk - rowing and canoeing, Gomel OOS, Ilya Chergeiko - bullet shooting, Grodno OOS / Minsk MOS), one - seventh (Anna Malyshchik - athletics, Brest OOS) and three - eighth (Yulia Bichik - academic rowing, Tatiana Kukhta - academic rowing, both - Brest OOC, Alena Dubitskaya - athletics, Grodno OOC).

It should be noted that the athletes representing the Gomel, Grodno and Mogilev regional organizations "Dynamo" replenished the Olympic annals. Unfortunately, the athletes of the Brest, Vitebsk and Minsk organizations, representing a total of 30 members of the Olympic team of the Republic of Belarus, failed to do this.

The result of the performance of the athletes of the BFSO "Dynamo" could have been much higher if there had not been an unforeseen suspension of the men's rowing and canoeing team from participating in the Olympics.

Now the Dynamo Olympic podium for the entire time of participation in the Olympiads from 1952 to 2016 is 87 people who won 127 medals (40 + 38 + 49) in 16 sports out of 27 developed in the BFSO "Dynamo".

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We bring to your attention full list representatives of the BFSO "Dynamo" at the 2016 Games in Rio. Detailed results of each athlete's performance can be found by opening the page with his name in the list.

Aug 4 -Sputnik. A little more than a day is left before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in the Olympic Village the Brazilian wind is waving the Belarusian flag with might and main, but not all blue-eyed athletes will be able to become part of the main sporting event of the four years.

"For myself and for that guy"

Even before its official start, the 2016 Olympics managed to become one of the most scandalous in history. Russia was at the epicenter, and it is not surprising that Belarus was also covered by the blast wave. Three weeks before the opening ceremony of the Games, the world sports community was shocked by the suspension of the Belarusian men's kayaking and canoeing team (including doctors and coaches).

The International Federation still cannot clearly explain the reasons for this decision, but even a person who is completely far from sports understands that competitors were removed in this way. Brothers Andrey and Alexander Bogdanovichi were clear contenders for the highest places in the Olympic Games, but meldonium found in the women's team coach crossed out all the rowers' plans for the Olympics.

“With the absence of Vladimir Shantarovich’s wards on the rowing canal in Rio, we will definitely miss a few medals. Despite this decision of the International Rowing Federation, I am pleased with the mood with which the female part of the kayaking team approaches the starts. Support groups have already been organized in social networks, and if you read the comments, there is no doubt: Belarusian athletes will compete at the Olympics "for themselves and that guy," this applies not only to rowing. Belarusian Olympians in Rio will be highly motivated. I have no doubt about that," the vice-president said. President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Maxim Ryzhenkov. His words are quoted by BelTA.

By the way, Belarus sends the smallest team in its sovereign history to Rio - 124 athletes, they will compete in 25 sports. For comparison, four years ago in London, the country was represented by 173 athletes. Unfortunately, this is not the case when the squad would not notice the loss of a fighter. In addition to rowers, tennis player Victoria Azarenka, who is expecting a child, Marina Shkermankova and Dina Sazonovets disqualified due to doping, injured decathlete Andrei Kravchenko, as well as the men's gymnastics team, will not go to Rio except rowers.

How much is "gold"

Ryzhenkov made it clear that a very concrete result is expected from the Belarusians. At the same time, medal plans for the Games have never been announced at the official level. The NOC vice-president stressed that it would not be possible to blame the weather and other external factors, as they often do in Belarus - you need to go out and show the result of four years of work. The country's leadership is ready to pay generously for the result: the athlete will receive $150,000 for the "gold", $75,000 for the "silver", and $50,000 for the bronze medal. By the way, according to this indicator, Belarus is in fifth place among the CIS countries, Azerbaijan tops the list, where the athlete who won the first place will get rich by 510 thousand.

The Ministry of Sports of Belarus believes that this amount (150 thousand) is quite worthy.

Village is not the right word

The Olympic village in Rio was supposed to be one of the best in history, but so far it is very far from this status. The Brazilian authorities promised to put the city in order and fight crime by the start of the Games, at least for the duration of the competition. None of this was done. The first complaints about living conditions in the Olympic Village appeared a week ago: the Belarusian delegation that arrived there was faced with dirt in the rooms and the absence hot water. The Australians found themselves in a similar situation, who were later completely robbed.

Basketball players, cyclists, athletes, yachtsmen, rowers and other athletes already live in the Olympic Village. Fortunately, in recent times there were no complaints from them. But the Belarusians, who have yet to join the national team, say that they will not be scared by such conditions. But at the same time, many of them are frankly afraid to go out on the Brazilian streets. So, yachtswoman Tatyana Drozdovskaya said that she would not arrange any cultural program in Rio for herself. By the way, the Embassy of Belarus in Brazil also advises to avoid certain places in order to avoid accidents. And the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Sports made recommendations for the adaptation of athletes in Brazil.

At the same time, not all Belarusians have arrived in Rio yet and they have enough time to thoroughly prepare for the Games, not only in terms of training. The last delegation - athletes and wrestlers - departs for Brazil on August 17th.

Cyclist instead of shooter

This week, the International Olympic Committee decided that only active athletes who will compete in Rio 2016 can be the flag bearers of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Yes, this moment the flag of the national team was supposed to be carried by the Olympic champion of London-2012 shooter Sergey Martynov, who went to Rio as a coach. At the operational meeting of the headquarters of the Belarusian delegation in Rio, cyclist Sergei Kiriyenko, famous not only for his sports achievements, but also ambiguous statements about the Belarusian language.

“Sorry, maybe I’ll offend someone, but the Belarusian language is not alive; it’s a dead language that practically no one speaks. I think it is forcibly imposed, for example, forced to study my daughter. By and large I am against this And if they ask me whether it is necessary to do this, I will answer: “Of course not!” Kiriyenko said in an interview.

The fans immediately reminded him of these words and demanded to replace the "not a patriot", since he does not have the right to carry the flag of Belarus at the Games.

But the captain of the national team remains the same - canoeist Alexander Bogdanovich. According to the Minister of Sports Alexander Shamko, the rower suspended from the Games will go to the Olympics anyway.

Stylish, fashionable, Olympic

There was a lot of talk about the Olympic uniform of the Belarusians. Many people liked business suits in gray and red colors with patterns of Belarusian ornaments, and, most importantly, the athletes themselves. Many Olympians admitted that the former uniform was so uncomfortable that they did not want to take it home, and things were often "forgotten" in the Olympic Village. The same clothes, according to designer Yulia Latushkina, the athlete can safely wear after the Games.