Belarusian Sports Olympus 2016 winners announced
Winners of the president’s special prize Belarusian
Sports Olympus 2016 have been announced. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko
signed the corresponding decree to present the award for the efforts to develop
and popularize physical education and sports in Belarus.
The prize has been awarded to Ruslan Vasilyev, an editor at
the team sports department at the Sportivnaya Panorama newspaper, who has been
working as a sporting journalist for more than 20 years.
The prize has been also presented to Elvira German, an
instructor of the national track and field team, master of sports of the
Republic of Belarus of the international class, holder of the scholarship of the
President’s Sports Club.
Another prize
winner is Alexander Shimkoviak, a basketball coach of the Grodno State School of
Olympic Reserve, the head coach of Belarus youth basketball teams. Alexander
Shimkoviak has coached many high-class athletes.