The publication "Vitebsk Region Olympic" will tell about the great athletes of the Dvina region

August 31, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The names of 18 champions and medalists of the Olympic Games, natives of the Vitebsk region, will be immortalized in the book "Olympic Vitebsk Region", Viktor Byenkov, director of the NOC representative office in the Vitebsk region, told a BELTA correspondent. Work on the publication is in its final stage. The Vitebsk representative office of the NOC has collected a rich factual material about famous Vitebsk athletes, Olympic champions and medalists, to whom the main part of the publication will be dedicated, Viktor Byenkov noted. "Olympic Vitebsk Region" will tell about the development of the Olympic movement in the region, sports infrastructure in the region, about the rich history of sports life and its present day. The presentation of the publication is planned to be held in the fourth quarter of this year simultaneously with the opening of two facilities - the Alley of Olympic Glory and the Hall of Sports Glory of the region. The Alley will be laid in the regional center on the site near the Central Sports Complex, the largest sports institution in the region. Its main element will be 18 small architectural forms, stylized as personalized medals of Vitebsk athletes who became champions and medalists of the Olympic Games in different years, as well as 5 personalized benches of Olympic champions from the Vitebsk region. When designing the alley, places are provided for placing the personalized medals of future champions. The Hall of Sports Glory of the region will be located in the Central Sports Complex and will be dedicated to the history of the development of sports and the Olympic movement in the region. The exhibition will contain materials about the achievements of Vitebsk athletes who, although they did not become Olympic medalists, made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of sports. When visiting the hall, it will be possible to learn in general about sports, the activities of the National Olympic Committee and its regional representative office. In the future, it is planned to organize excursions along the alley and in the hall, primarily for children and adolescents. -0-