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22 March 2022, 13:16

Call for improving financial incentives for high-performance sports in Belarus

MINSK, 22 March (BelTA) – A session of the expert council on the development of physical education and sport in Belarus took place in the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus on 22 March. Chaired by Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova, the session focused on ways to stimulate athletes to achieve high results and enable effective conditions of organization of the educational and training process, BelTA has learned.

Natalya Kochanova said in order to enable conditions to encourage high-caliber athletes, coaches, and other specialists involved in athlete training to participate in sport events, it is necessary to improve the system of material stimulation and the procedure for awarding the Belarus president's scholarships in the area of physical education and sport, the procedure for issuing prizes to athletes, and the payment of remuneration to coaches and other specialists.

In her words, it will help improve the effectiveness of training of Belarusian athletes and will contribute to their successful performance at major international sport competitions.

It is necessary to secure state support and additional social guarantees for athletes with disabilities and special needs, who are champions of Paralympics, Deaflympics, once they reach the general retirement age and create additional stimuli for young athletes with disabilities in order to encourage them to reach high sport results, the senator stressed.

Dmitry Baskov

Deputy Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture, and Social Development Commission of the Council of the Republic Dmitry Baskov added that the possibility of introducing scholarships for Olympic champions is under consideration. “After they finish their careers and till the general retirement age. They've dedicated their entire lives to sport, have secured high sport results, but due to various reasons, including health issues, they cannot work even in the administrative capacity,” he added.

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