Vitebsk honored the winners and medalists of the European Athletics Championships

The possibility of constructing an athletics arena in Vitebsk is being discussed at a meeting between the winners and prize-winners of the recent European Athletics Championships and the leadership of the regional executive committee.

One of the athletes' coaches, Igor Golovnev, focused on this issue. The head of the region, Nikolai Sherstnev, also noted the importance of constructing an athletics arena in the regional center, where various disciplines of this sport will be developed, but suggested discussing this topic in more detail later. "Of course, such an arena is needed, but for now, we need to complete the construction and open the Trampoline Jumping Center in March 2019. After that, we will return to the issue of constructing the athletics arena," the governor noted.

Today, the winners and prize-winners of the recent European Athletics Championships were honored in Vitebsk. Three out of the seven medals at the competition were brought to the Belarusian team's tally by natives of the Vitebsk region. Among them are the European champion in marathon running in the team, Marina Domantsevich, the silver medalist in high jump, Maksim Nedasekau, and the bronze medalist in the 50 km race walk, Dzmitry Dyubin. During the meeting, two more athletes were congratulated on their victories at the European Championships (U-18) in Hungary in shot put - Aliaksei Aleksandrovich and Elizaveta Dorts.

"The Vitebsk region has always been famous for talents who make a name for themselves worldwide, like Maksim Nedasekau. Our athlete, despite difficult conditions, gave a worthy fight to the championship host, Germany, winning silver," said the chairman of the Belarusian Athletics Federation, Vadim Devyatovskiy. - Seven medals at the European Championships indicate that our athletics is on the right track, and we have a serious reserve growing."

The chairman of the regional executive committee, Nikolai Sherstnev, congratulated the Vitebsk athletes on their successes and wished them to come back with medals from the Olympics in the future. "We are proud of you, but you still have everything ahead of you.

"The main thing is that victories and glory do not break you, but on the contrary, give you impetus for future victories," the head of the region added.

BELTA. Photo by BELTA, newspapers "Vitebskiye Vesti", "Vitbichi".