15 August 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Belarusians Make Top Three At European Athletics Championship(a copy in English and Russian attached hereto)
The Belarusian national team made top three at the 19th European Championship in Athletics in Goeteborg, Sweden.
For the seven days of the European challenge Belarusians won 9 medals, of them 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze, leaving behind British, Italian, French and Spanish rivals. The Belarusian national team ranked third behind Russian and German counterparts who won 34 and 10 medals respectively.
Belarus’ highlights of the competition included a fine first place for Rita Turova in the 20 km race walking, Andrei Mikhnevich powering to second in the shot-put, Alesya Turova’s dazzling performance in the 3000m hurdles as well as Natalya Khoronenko and Ivan Tikhon’s victories in the shot-put and hammer-throwing respectively. Nadezhda Ostapchuk won silver in the shot-put, Vadim Devyatosky – bronze in the hammer-throwing. The Belarusian teams also won silver and bronze in the 4x400 and 4x100 sprint.
According to experts, the results of the Goeteborg Championship speak about good prospects for the Belarusian team at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
BelTA
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