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Belarus At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Belarus competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. Background IOC sanctions For several years, the Belarus Olympic Committee (NOC RB) has been accused of political discrimination in its selection and treatment of athletes. Accusations and athlete tensions came to a head in 2020 after the disputed re-election of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, also the NOC RB chairman at the time, and the widespread protests that followed. The NOC RB was allegedly associated with the torture of athletes who have spoken out against Lukashenko, which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been investigating. Before the Games, the IOC restricted the NOC RB for athletes' rights violations twice (the first in December 2020 and the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (, ) was one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. On February 26, 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its treatment of Belarusian athletes, the International Olympic Committee suspended the NOC RB. Created in 1991, the NOC RB ( be, НОК РБ), was charged with selecting athletes to represent Belarus in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, enforcing anti- doping laws and promoting sporting activity inside Belarus. The current president of the NOC RB is Victor Lukashenko, the son of the current President of Belarus. History The NOC RB was established on March 22, 1991, in response to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Until that event, Belarus and the other fourteen Soviet Socialist Republics' Olympic activity were controlled by the Olympic Committee of the USSR, which did not disband until 1992. During that same year, Belarus competed in the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Freestyle 57 Kg
Women's Freestyle 57 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 4–5 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00) Results ; Legend * F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southe ... * R — Retired Final Main bracket Repechage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Freestyle 53 Kg
Women's freestyle 53 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 5–6 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. The medals for the competition were presented by Battushig Batbold, IOC Member; Mongolia, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Zhang Xia, UWW Board Member; China. Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00) Results ; Legend * F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya ( be, Ванэса Валер'еўна Каладзінская; born 27 December 1992, in Babruysk) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 48 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Zhuldyz Eshimova in the 1/8 finals, she was eliminated by Carol Huynh in the quarterfinals. In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Though she was allowed to compete as a neutral athlete, on 9 January 2024 she participated in a propaganda event where she received an award from Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's High Jump
The men's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. 33 athletes from 24 nations competed; the total possible number depended on how many nations would use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through mark or ranking (no universality places were used in 2021). Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi along with Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim emerged as joint winners of the event following a tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m. Both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal in a rare instance where the athletes of different nations had agreed to share the same medal in the history of Olympics. Barshim in particular was heard to ask a competition official "Can we have two golds?" in response to being offered a 'jump off'. Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus took bronze. The medals were the first ever in the men's high jump for Italy and Belarus, the first gold in the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. The sport of athletics at these Games was split into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, remaining in Tokyo, and road running events and racewalking events, moved to Sapporo. A total of 48 events were held, one more than in 2016, with the addition of a mixed relay event. Olympic stadium and venues Road events (marathons and racewalks) will take place at Odori Park in Sapporo, but the National Stadium, which will be known as the Olympic Stadium during the games, completely rebuilt and inaugurated on 21 December 2019, will be the venue of all the track and field events. Italian company Mondo equipped the stadium with a new track, a Mondotrack WS surfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Nedasekau
Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau ( be, Максім Юр’евіч Недасекаў; born 21 January 1998) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the high jump. He was the bronze medallist at the 2020 Olympic Games. He also won the gold medals at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, 2019 European U23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games. His personal bests are 2.37 metres outdoors (2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...) and 2.37 metres indoors (Toruń 2021). International competitions References 1998 births Living people Belarusian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 Metres
The women's K-4 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 48 canoeists (12 boats of 4) from 10 nations competed. Background This was the 10th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Summer Olympics since 1984. The reigning World Champions were Dóra Bodonyi, Erika Medveczky, Tamara Csipes, and Alida Dóra Gazsó of Hungary. The 2016 Olympic champions were also from Hungary: Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Csipes, and Krisztina Fazekas. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event. A total of 10 qualification places were available, all awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019. The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paralymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, to take place from 25 to 30 July 2021, and canoe sprint, from 2 to 7 August. The slalom competitions will be held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events will be staged at Sea Forest Waterway. The competition featured 16 events. The programme saw four event changes, all replacements, from 2016. In sprint, the men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres. In slalom, the men's C-2 was removed. Women's C-1 was added. These three changes were part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality. In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres. Qualification Competition schedule Participating nations Below is the list of NOCs participants in the canoeing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadzeya Papok
Nadzeya Liapeshka (née ''Papok''; be, Надзея Міхайлаўна Ляпешка (Папок); Łacinka: Nadzieja Michajłaŭna Liapieška; born 26 April 1989) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres with teammates Volha Khudzenka, Iryna Pamialova, and Maryna Pautaran. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won bronze in the same event with Khudzenka, Maryna Litvinchuk, and Marharyta Makhneva. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's K-4 500 metres. She competed at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 41st edition of the World Championships, were held from 19–23 August 2015 in Milan, Italy. Explanation of events Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe A canoe is a l ..., the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marharyta Makhneva
Marharyta Ryhorauna Makhneva, née Tsishkevich, be, Маргарыта Рыгораўна Махнева (Цішкевіч); Łacinka: Marharyta Ryhoraŭna Machnieva (Ciškievič); born 13 February 1992) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. She won two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships (K-2 200 m and K-4 500 m) and the bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's K-4 500 metres. Career Tsishkevich represented Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in two individual sprint kayak events. For her first event, the women's K-1 500 metres, she advanced directly into the semi-final rounds, after placing sixth in the heats, with a time of 2:01.216. She was disqualified from the second semi-final race for breaking the four-metre "centre-lane" rule. In the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, Tsishkevich repeated her last-place finish in the same heat by approxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryna Litvinchuk
Maryna Viktarauna Litvinchuk, née Pautaran/Poltoran ( be, Марына Віктараўна Літвінчук (Паўтаран); Łacinka: Maryna Viktaraŭna Litvinčuk, born 12 March 1988) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres with teammates Volha Khudzenka, Iryna Pamialova, and Nadzeya Papok. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won bronze in the same event with Khudzenka, Papok, and Marharyta Makhneva. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in Women's K-4 500 metres. She competed at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 41st edition of the World Championships, were held from 19–23 August 2015 in Milan, Italy. Explanation of events Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe A canoe is a l ..., 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
