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Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Shkurdai reaches 200m backstroke final
The Belarusian clocked 2:08.79 to finish fifth in Semifinal 2. In the overall standings she placed eighth among 16 athletes...

Azarenka to face Sabalenka in Washington quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number 20 Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the Mubadala Citi DC Open quarterfinal after beating world number 73 Wang Yafan of China, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Shkurdai through to 200m backstroke semifinal
The Belarusian clocked 2:09.64 to place seventh in the overall table of 27 athletes...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Zalaty into single sculls final
The Belarusian finished second in 6:39.01, behind Germany’s Oliver Zeidler...

Sabalenka moves to Washington quarterfinal
World No.3 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus secured a victory in her opening match at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, defeating Russia’s world number 105 Kamilla Rakhimova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4...

Belarus Events Calendar: AUGUST 2024
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Azarenka beats Baptiste in Washington opener
Belarus’ world number 20 Victoria Azarenka edged out world number 97 Hailey Baptiste of the United States, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3), to advance to the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Zalaty reaches single sculls semifinal
The Belarusian came first clocking 6:49.27, followed by Giedrius Bieliauskas of Lithuania and Japan’s Ryuta Arakawa...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Klimovich through to single sculls semifinal
Karolien Florijn of the Netherlands won the heat, with Germany’s Alexandra Foester finishing second. Tatsiana Klimovich clocked 7:34.30 to place third and advance to the semifinal...

Olympics 2024: Eighth-place finish for Belarus’ Alina Zmushka in Olympic final
The day before, in the semifinals, Zmushka set Belarus’ national record by finishing in 1:05.93. This time allowed Alina to make it to the final with the fifth result...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Alina Zmushka qualifies for 100m breaststroke final
In the Sunday evening program 16 best athletes competed in the women's breaststroke semifinal. Alina Zmushka took to the pool in the first semifinal and clocked 1:05.93, which was strong enough to advance to the final...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Alina Zmushka into 100m breaststroke semifinal
Alina took part inpenultimate heat where she where placed fourth with a time of1:06.37. In the overall table, the Belarusian is 11th. The top 16 advance to the semifinals which will be held tonight...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Shymanovich fails to make it to 100m breaststroke final
He got into the top 16 with the third result in the morning heat and finished sixth in the second semifinal with a time of 59.45. Shymanovich placed 10th in the overall standings and did not make it to the final...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Shymanovich through to 100m breaststroke semifinal
Ilya Shymanovich clocked 59.25 seconds, the third best time among 36 athletes. The semifinal will feature 16 athletes...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Klimovich into single sculls quarterfinal
Viktorija Senkute of Lithuania won the heat, with Tatsiana Klimovich finishing four seconds behind the winner...

Olympics 2024: Belarus’ Zalaty moves to men’s single sculls quarterfinal
The Belarusian won the heat, clocking 6:51. Second was Jacob Plihal of the USA, third - Lucas Verthein Ferreira of Brazil, both finishing 3.5 seconds back...

Olympic Games in Paris: 17 Belarusians to compete in a neutral status
The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will officially open in Paris today. Seventeen representatives of Belarus will take part in the Games as neutral athletes and compete in ten sports...

Scientist explains why over 1,500 storks gather in one place near Grodno
"These flocks might include young birds born last year or two years ago, since storks start breeding, nesting and hatching in the third or fourth year of life and even later"...

Belarus clinch C2 1000m gold at 2024 ICF Junior World Championships
The U18 final included eight heats, with Belarusian rowers represented in five events. Hleb Dziomin and Ivan Kazlou secured a convincing victory in the C2 M 1000m Junior, crossing the finish line eight seconds ahead of the Chinese duo...

Sasnovich into Hungarian Open semifinal
The Belarusian will face Slovakia’s world number 79 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova for a spot in the final. In the opener Aliaksandra Sasnovich saw off world number 49 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria, 2-6, 6-2, 2-4, and then proved stronger over Russia’s world number 103 Maria Timofeeva, 6-2, 6-4...