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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...

Belarus 99th in FIFA rankings
The Belarusian national football team go 99th with 1219.78 points in the recently published rankings of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)...

Belarus win silver at 2024 WDSF World Championship in China
Belarus’ Mikalai Charniak Lizaveta Hmyrak clinched silver at the 2024 WDSF World Championship Latin Junior II in Wuxi...

Sasnovich reaches Hungarian Open quarterfinal
World number 134 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus advanced to the Hungarian Open quarterfinal, seeing off Russia’s world number 103 Maria Timofeeva, 6-2, 6-4...

Team Belarus confirmed for Paris 2024
The National Olympic Committee of Belarus confirmed the Team Belarus squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris at the Executive Board meeting...

Sasnovich moves to Hungarian Open round two
World number 134 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus went off to a good start at the Hungarian Open, defeating world number 49 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria, 2-6, 6-2, 2-4...

WTA rankings: Sabalenka 3rd, Azarenka, Sasnovich slide
Aryna Sabalenka had to pull out of the Wimbledon Open due to a shoulder injury and currently has 7,061 points. Victoria Azarenka, who also had to withdraw from the event due to an injury, slipped four places to No.20. Aliaksandra Sasnovich dropped ten spots to No.134...

MAZ-SPORTauto Team 3rd at Silk Way Rally
Siarhei Viazovich outran Bogdan Karimov by 14 minutes to claim bronze. This has become the fifth medal place for the MAZ-SPORTauto team in the history of its participation in the Silk Way Rally...

Slavianski Bazaar officially opens in Vitebsk
The international arts festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk marked its 33th birthday with grandeur and style. The gala concert of the grand opening ceremony will be remembered for great music and a special vibe of the unity of cultures...

Lukashenko presents special prize to Russian singer at Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk
A star named after People’s Artist of Russia Grigory Leps was unveiled before the gala concert of the opening ceremony of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk earlier today...