MINSK, 7 December (BelTA) - The open address of famous Belarusian athletes, champions and medalists of the Olympic Games, world, European and national championships to the international and Belarusian public has gathered more than 3,000 signatures, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.
Among them are famous athletes, Olympic champions and medalists and coaches: Aliaksei Abalmasau (canoe sprint), Nikolay Alekhin (fencing), Andrey Barbashinsky (handball), Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (canoe sprint), Sergey Bulygin (biathlon), Ekaterina Karsten (rowing), Anton Kushnir (aerials), Maryna Litvinchuk (canoe sprint), Ihar Makarau (judo), Aleksandr Maseikov (canoe sprint), Spartak Mironovich (handball), Aleksandr Medved (freestyle wrestling), Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya (athletics; discuss throw), Anastasiya Prokopenko (modern pentathlon), Natallia Tsylinskaya (cycling), Liubou Charkashyna (rhythmic gymnastics), Aryna Sabalenka (tennis), Valery Shariy (weightlifting), and many others.
Athletes and coaches are unanimous in their opinion: the Belarusian Olympic team should perform at the Games under the national flag and should not be subjected to pressure.
