Outstanding athlete, Deputy Chairman of the Permanent Commission of Healthcare, Physical Education, Family and Youth Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vadim Devyatovsky was elected President of the Belarusian Athletics Federation.
        In early September 2014 Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko held a working meeting which was attended by Vadim Devyatovsky. The head of state instructed the outstanding athlete, and now MP, to deal with the issues in the Belarusian track-and-field athletics including the national team, the children’s sport, and infrastructure, taking into account the forthcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.