Swimmer Mikita Tsmyh and archer Hanna Marusava сarry the flag for Team Belarus at the opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The decision to have a male and a female flag bearer on each team at the opening ceremony was made by the International Olympic Committee's executive committee in March 2020 to ensure gender equality at the Olympics.
Mikita Tsmyh is an international master of sport, silver medalist of the 2015 European Games in Baku. He is the champion of Belarus in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke. Mikita Tsmyh participated in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Hanna Marusava (Karaseva) is also an international master of sport. She was a medalist at the World and European Championships, as well as the European Games in Baku and Minsk, and took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to members of the delegation of the Republic of Belarus to the Games. The president emphasized that an Olympic medal is not only a personal success of an athlete. It is also a matter of special pride of a nation, because victories in sport demonstrate the level of development of countries, their achievements and cultural heritage.
Belarus in Tokyo is represented by 108 athletes who will compete for medals in 20 sports.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still raging worldwide the stands of the arena, which seats 80,000 spectators, will see just 950 people at the opening ceremony. All of them are official representatives of the delegations. It is still unknown how many athletes will walk into the stadium. In any case, during the Parade of Nations various measures will be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For example, athletes are required to keep social distance and use face masks. The Greek team will enter the arena first, with the Japanese team marching last. Then the athletes, coaches and officials will take the Olympic oath and the Games will be declared open. By tradition, the opening ceremony program is kept strictly secret. However, it is known that the official name of the program is United by Emotion.
The Games in Tokyo were supposed to take place on 24 July-9 August 2020. Due to a new coronavirus infection, the Olympics were moved to 2021, and now the event will be held from 23 July to 8 August. According to the organizers, foreign fans will not be allowed to the stadiums. A similar restriction will apply to local viewers in six Japanese prefectures.
About 12,500 athletes from more than 200 countries will take part in the Games. The 2020 Tokyo will include 339 medal events across 33 sports. The Belarusian team will consist of 108 athletes that will compete in 20 sports. It will be the seventh time the Belarusians will take part in the Summer Games as an independent team. Over the time Belarusian athletes have won 78 medals (12 gold, 27 silver and 39 bronze) in the Summer Olympics.
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Dear Shivendu Paul and Metali Listeners' Club,
dthank you for your comment! We'll send you some of our souvenirs ASAP.
Stay tuned and 73,
RBI
Hallo Radio Belarus,
ja der Dieter Leupold ist jetzt auch hier im Gästebuch vertreten... Super, bald sind wir alle zusammen hier im "Belarus Hörerclub", Dieter könnte 1.Vorsitzender werden und Jana und Elena Ehrernmitglieder, Helmut Matt Schriftführer, Alfred Albrecht Beisitzer und ich mache Hausmeister:-) Lutz Winkler wie fit bist Du bereits wieder, für Dich finden wir auch eine nette Aufgabe:-) Beste Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende.
Dietmar
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Lieber Dietmar,
das stimmt, für alle finden wir im Hörerklub eine Aufgabe!:)
Liebe Grüße und einen guten Start in die Woche!
I recently learned my surname is not Polish, but Belarusian. I heard you on shortwave in the past and am so happy to listen online in English. We hear nothing about Belarus here in the US so I am so glad to learn about your country. Keep on broadcasting in English. I also joined the Hoererklub on Facebook as I can understand German. If you have information or a station pennant, I will very much appreciate it.
Sheryl Paszkiewicz, 1015 Green St, Manitowoc WI 54220 USA
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Dear Sheryl, thank you very much for listening to us! We'll send you some of our souvenirs as soon as we can. By the way, if you're interested, you can participate in our "The Old Country's Loving Call" project and send a greeting to Belarus. You can find more detailed information at http://www.radiobelarus.by/en/content/hukaje_eng
Also, in case you like sports, here's the link to an international competition of ours "My Greetings to 2nd European Games" http://www.radiobelarus.by/en/content/games_eng
73 from the entire staff of RBI! Прывiтанне з Малой Радiзмы :)
Hello from Birmingham United Kingdom!
My name is Michael.
I really enjoyed listening to your program on the Hotbird satellite 13e. I very much love listening to your news and current affairs.
Ask you to send me a small gifts. I hope you guys are all good.
Lots of love from UK
Especially enjoying learning about Belarus. History and culture
Michael Rogers
Flat 2 463 City road Birmingham
B17 8LG
United Kingdom
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Michael,
thank you very much for listening to us! We're glad that you enjoy our programs. We'll send you some of our souvenirs as soon as we can. Best regards and stay tuned!
Hello. I am a new listener to your English service. I listen on the Radio 1 News app. I enjoyed listening to the news. Do you have any information on shortwave broadcasts you can send me?
Thank you,
Joe Cosimo
23 Ivy Ln, Dupont, PA 18641 U.S.A.
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Dear Joe, thank you for listening to Radio Belarus International! We're glad that you enjoyed our news. RBI broadcasts on shortwave only in German on 6005 and 3985 kHz. News and programs in English are available via our website and satellites. We'll also send you a postcard and a small souvenir as soon as we can. 73!
Hello,
My name is Younes Lazazi, I am from Algeria.
I am very happy that radio Belarus has started broadcasting in Arabic.
I would like to receive stickers and printed matter of the station and the Arabic and french services if possible.
My address:
Monsieur Younes Lazazi 14 rue Maza Boualem El-Harrach 16009 Alger Algérie
Thank you.
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Dear Younes Lazazi,
we're happy that you like our boradcasts. We'll send you some of our printed materials via mail in the nearest future. 73!
Dear English Service Radio Belarus,
Greetings to all staff and listeners of English Service of Radio Belarus. We listen your webcast program. Your program quality is very nice. Your website is colorful & documented. We liked your programs, News, and Current Affairs Program. We are interested about Culture, life style of Belarusian people, historical places, Tourist attraction and destination of Belarus.
Please send some program schedule, sticker, view card, Promotional items of Radio Belarus for our club members and students.
We are waiting for your reply.
With best wishes,
SHIVENDU PAUL
President
Metali Listeners' Club
India
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Dear Shivendu Paul,
thank you very much for listening to us! Your club is among our most dedicated listeners. We will send you some of our promotional products as soon as possible. 73!
Hello!
Did the arabic programmes start? I don't see them on your Internetcast schedule page. Thanks!
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Hello! The Arabic programmes have been on air since October, every Monday. You can see the schedule and listen to them on our Arabic page http://radiobelarus.by/ar
FM transmitters and frequencies:
Rakitnitsa - 106.2 MHz
Hrodna - 95.7 MHz
Svislach - 104.4 MHz
Heraniony - 99.9 MHz
Braslau - 106.6 MHz
Miadzel - 102.0 MHz
Satellite broadcasting:
see satellite parameters here
