We have overcome all challenges

Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk summarised last year’s performance before the meeting of the board of the Ministry of Sports  and Tourism on the results of the industry in 2022 and the tasks for 2023 

“We ended 2022 with good results, despite the fact that since March our country has been subject to sanctions on sports. But we coped with these challenges: the number of competitions in Belarus has not decreased. Moreover, in many sports it has even increased. The performances of our athletes are encouraging, and if tomorrow we are allowed to qualify for the next Olympics, I think that the athletes will show good results. The beginning of this year turned out to be good for Belarus thanks to the triumph of Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open Tennis Championship, we have not won Grand Slam tournaments for 10 years. This is an undoubted success for our country. Our athletes also dominate in other sports, especially in martial arts and shooting. Trampolining, biathlon, freestyle, rowing and rhythmic gymnastics also deserve praise. Belarusian fencing is also beginning to come out of the shadows. Football raises the most questions, there are a lot of problems here. Therefore, in the first place, we will devote 2023 to this particular sport,” the Minister said. 
Sergei Kovalchuk also stressed that in recent years the Sports and Tourism Ministry has placed special emphasis on the development of children’s sports. “We work very closely with our children's and youth sports schools, with Olympic reserve schools. We see that a worthy new generation is growing up, in many sports there is a good reserve. In addition to children’s sports, mass sports are the basis of our direction. The more people who go in for sports, the better for the country, so the task is to engage teams of organisations in this concern at all levels. The country has excellent conditions, there are facilities in any district and regional centre. The state does a lot for the development of physical culture and sports, any country in the world can envy such an approach,” 
Sergei Kovalchuk is sure.

Based on materials of belta.by