{"id":109342,"date":"2024-10-14T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109342\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-his-son-viktar-discussing-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109342\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka, his son Viktar discussing Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A major discussion of Belarusian sports is planned for the second half of 2025, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said at a meeting with his elder son Viktar, who heads the National Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two discussed Belarus&#8217; performance at the last Olympics and other international games, as well as the possibility of sending athletes to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics, according to \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 2024 Parys Olympics, Belarusians won one gold, two silver and one bronze medals. Paralympians won six medals (five, one, zero).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on February 6\u201322 in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo. The admission of Belarusian neutral athletes has not been confirmed so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-354x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua.jpeg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukrainian federation chief slams IOC president for meeting Belarusian sports official<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 14, Pozirk. Ukrainian Athletic Federation President Olha Saladukha has taken to Facebook to criticize International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach for meeting with Belarusian National Olympic Committee Secretary General Ksienija Sankovi\u010d. By embracing Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s &quot;sports propagandists,&quot; Bach &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/109331\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, Pozirk. A major discussion of Belarusian sports is planned for the second half of 2025, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said at a meeting with his elder son Viktar, who heads the National Olympic Committee. The two discussed Belarus&#8217; performance at the last Olympics and other international games, as well as the possibility of sending athletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[32],"class_list":["post-109342","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka, his son Viktar discussing Winter Olympics | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 14, Pozirk. 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