{"id":44931,"date":"2022-12-15T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/only-world-class-athletes-can-count-on-state-support-lukasenka\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"only-world-class-athletes-can-count-on-state-support-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44931\/","title":{"rendered":"Only world-class athletes can count on state support \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 15, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has said the government should only provide support for world-class athletes.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIf you say that athletes should be supported, I do agree, but only the ones who demonstrate world-class results,\u201d he told sports officials in Minsk, as quoted by his press office.<\/p>\n<p> He addressed the sports minister: \u201cThe World Cup is underway. For some reason, Siarhiej Michaj\u0142avi\u010d [Kaval\u010duk], I haven\u2019t noticed our footballers there. Or am I just bad at watching the World Cup?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe state of this and many other sports is dreadful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Kaval\u010duk, the meeting was attended by \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s own son Viktar, who presides over the National Olympic Committee, as well as by the Presidential Administration\u2019s Deputy Head Ihar \u0141ucki and Deputy Prime Minister Ihar Pietry\u0161enka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 15, BPN. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has said the government should only provide support for world-class athletes. \u201cIf you say that athletes should be supported, I do agree, but only the ones who demonstrate world-class results,\u201d he told sports officials in Minsk, as quoted by his press office. He addressed the sports minister: \u201cThe World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44931","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Only world-class athletes can count on state support \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 15, BPN. 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