this is the grave of a priest, apparently one of the first of our village, we dug him up here by chance and raised him, in this place there was our church, saint paraskeva, here is a cross, people erected a memorial to the former shrine , although this...

such cool ones in washington in new york traveled through europe, that is, i have no days off, that is, i have been working for 26 years day and night, and so i am glad that life, here it was, that we live, this is every day, this is heaven on earth, that is, this is a holiday, every day is a holiday on earth for each of us, therefore, we all need to be aware of everything, work as hard as we can within our bodies.

our history, nature, culture, faith, people, grace, you feel something once and never get angry again. everything is true here.

ksenia, good evening. good, hello! 2024, paris, by the way, you just came back from the olympics, how can we not talk about this event with the secretary general of the national olympic committee. so, paris 2024, four medals, 17 athletes, and 2021 tokyo, seven medals and 108 athletes, that is, it turns out, we are beaten, we fly? well, you you know, of course, the final assessment will be given. the management, as you said, i just

flew in, but in my personal opinion, the performance was successful, because, as you rightly said, there were few athletes, there were four throws, as few as ever, yes, as never, but also as never, we had a truncated list of athletes, and those athletes who went and who managed to do it, it seems to me, they themselves...

but the president said, the more pressure they put on you, the more resistance, yes, you can to say that these medals are still in spite of, somewhere i think, but where? i think that it was precisely that difficult situation in which our athletes found themselves, it bore fruit, the athletes were even more motivated and performed, you know, as they say with such sporting anger, they had something to prove, they had something to tear for, something to perform for, because all the same, taking into account the current situation, they understood perfectly well that...

today, a sports functionary, the general secretary of the belarusian state, what is more difficult, to perform on the sports mat or to take a blow for the country on the conditional carpet of sports officials, only honestly, so i am basically going to answer honestly, of course it is not simple both there and there, yes, and these are very different spheres, it is difficult to compare them. but if you try to answer this question, then we prepare for any negotiations, in sports athletes, of course, also undergo serious preparation for competitions, and if you think about it, i understand that we come to

negotiations, we have our own position, we have certain analytics, we are prepared, we have our theses, even if something somewhere things go wrong, you can always take a break. you can always consult, if something doesn't work out, try to approach from the other side, negotiations may not stop, if, well, of course, there is a mutual desire, and i believe that almost always, almost always, well, you can find a way out or at least try to find it, in sports it's a little different, if you are perfectly prepared, it is very important that luck is on your side, and my biggest fear... when i was an athlete when we were before the olympic games, the last night it was very scary not because you are not ready, we had training before this, we knew, everything is ready, everything is good, everything is worked out, we prepared for 4 years, and we once again came to

the conclusion that everything is fine, the biggest fear is this, you know, the moment of surprise, suddenly the ball flies out by accident, yeah, a wet hand, or just something goes wrong, and you could not foresee it, so... you lie at night and want to sleep, and you go over the exercise in your head, again, again and you lose it, you think, that's it, no need, i don't want to, i i don't want to do this exercise in my sleep, please, stop, but you still do it anyway, somewhere a ball accidentally rolls out there, for example, i was afraid of this most of all, because i understood that everything that flies, even if it flies a little with a mistake, you can rush to catch it, everywhere in the field of the site, but if something accidentally flies out there and goes wrong... so that's what scared me most of all, therefore in this regard , it is precisely that there is a moment of unpredictability, you have only one chance if you make a mistake, especially in our sport, if you make a mistake, that's it, you're out of the fight for medals, and you have to wait for the next 4

years, in my work i know that it's a little bit, let's say it didn't work, let's try it differently, so i probably feel a little more comfortable in terms of... this moment that i just explained to you , but again i repeat that these are completely different areas, and i get great pleasure from being an athlete and representing my country in the international arena, just as i work in this position and already defend it in such a political vein, well, look, ksenia, you are an olympic medalist.

we used to go to training together, he went to his, i went to mine, that is, we basically had a sports environment, a sports family, i grew up in a sports environment, my parents, when they got this, you know, little ticket, come to such-and-such an address, your daughter will try to do gymnastics, my parents were like, well, yeah, great, let's try, why not, that is , the question was not even raised, should i or shouldn't i, no, i would 100% have gone into some kind of sport, but then the opportunity came along and... my parents, can i to say, pushed them to the fact that let

it be gymnastics, and in general, to be honest, i will tell you that gymnastics for girls, especially, is an excellent sport, and for boys, by the way, too, i mean artistic gymnastics, here is general physical training, this will be an excellent base in the future for any kind of sport, so i recommend everyone to send their children to gymnastics, well, i will even emphasize, probably, especially in belarus, because be that as it may, but belarusian and russian gymnasts are in fact a top brand, yes, yes, of world gymnastics, this is objectively, i'm not making anything up, but what was the difference between your two olympics as an athlete and the olympics as the secretary general of the not, well, exactly in terms of perception, in terms of feelings, as the secretary general, i can look at the olympics in a broader sense, much more broadly, including organizational things, and in general at... everything, when you're an athlete, and many people talk about this, but it's absolutely

true, so they flew from the airport to the hotel, in this case to the olympic village, a very strict schedule, there must be maximum discipline, because you too you know, somebody is late for the bus, that's it, if you use the wrong bus, for example, your car, something breaks down, no one will wait for you there, you have to stick to the schedule very strictly, so athletes, they come... to the village, they have a plan for training, lunch, training again, dinner, sleep, that's it, they don't see anything, that is, well, sometimes you manage to get out somewhere into the city on the last day, if you don't fly out the very next day, but most often, you leave the country, i had the opportunity to watch both the olympics, as other sports, like olympic venues, to talk to people, to see how... what teams they have, how they prepare for the olympic games, how they decorate villages and so on, much, much broader. well, okay,

here's schenia, these were light questions, yes, let's move on a little to more difficult ones, how were you received in paris, how were our athletes received in paris, taking into account all these sanctions, did you personally feel negativity or, on the contrary, warming, or maybe no difference at all, these are the feelings were in this regard, well, you know, we were received very well, it's true, and i don't know how sincere it was, but we didn't feel any pressure, any negativity, and i read an interview, all the athletes confirmed this, there was absolutely no aggression or even, that is, they understood that this was a belarusian delegation, yes, they completely understood, they, and if they didn't understand, they asked where you were from, i said belarus, and the reaction was excellent, yes, always, i don't know,

then they say: well, the guys arrived, the team is small, they haven't performed for 2 years,

the conditions are so difficult and you perform, well, just bravo, maybe they don't say that normal life will still break through even through the asphalt, okay, despite the fact that they rolled it up, but we will break through, that's what the main task of the legs is today, to return our athletes to the international arena, to find alternative sites, or are there any others? option these 2 years we have spent very close work with the russian federation, with our colleagues, friends, partners, here often say: yes , we perceive it absolutely this way, because that it was a time of opportunity and we , the russian athlete, are the best athletes in the world, we had the opportunity to compete on equal terms somewhere, and to learn from them somewhere, and it seems to me that it helped us a lot and did not allow us to lose our athletic form over

these 2 years to show very good results today, including at the olympic games. but, of course, it seems to me that all athletes would like to reach the international level and prove that they are the best in the world, so this is the task before nok, after all, as soon as possible completely to be restored in international sports, it is worth it, because anyway... the time will come when everything will fall into place, everything will be as it should be, so why not do it earlier, now, and not put it off until later, well, there is hope for los angeles, 28, yes, there is hope, of course, we are doing the work, it is too early to talk about the results, but

we are making an effort, and i can say that... it is moving in a positive direction. ksenia, then remind our viewers, please, the main olympic principle, and i am not talking about faster, higher, stronger. you know, if about that sport is not politics, then politics has always been in sport, in other areas. and in culture, the same thing. therefore, to say that something has changed a lot. i can’t, but it is important, it seems to me, now, yes, to focus on the future, we can discuss for a long time what happened, whether it was fair, unfair, our attitude to all this, how many letters we wrote from our position and so on, but you can’t change it as a fact, you need to accept it, it happened,

so now you need all your aspirations, all direct your efforts to the fact that... you once proclaimed equality and tolerance regardless of political views, yes or religious, that it will still prevail, well, okay, hope, it still exists, and you know, i understand what you are talking about, especially about eurovision, especially when, as you said, some people can, and some can't, and i often think about this too,

maybe we are too modest, yes, to some extent, maybe we need to more clearly express our... position in some moments, but somewhere i understand that i am proud, that we, belarusians, behave in a civilized manner, we always find civilized ways to state our position beautifully, and i hope that the whole world in principle will also be able to appreciate this, notice, appreciate, and maybe be such a soft power, but in the end we will achieve our goals.

so on the podium, yeah, yes, the coach of one of the winners, it's germany, she is also belarusian, yes, the girl herself was born in russia, yes, a beautiful performance, but without the best in the world, that's what you felt at that very moment when she performed, well, i i understand that you don’t want to, maybe it’s ethical to discuss the difficulty of the program and so on, but my personal feeling is, well, you know, as for the girls who won, they are from...

i really wanted to support them, because there is nothing worse for an athlete than watching the olympic games, in which you could have competed, in which you were ready to go and wanted to go, on tv, there is nothing worse than that, and the most offensive thing is that it was not your fault, sometimes, you know, you performed poorly in a qualifying competition, you made a mistake, you didn’t got in, but here you only have yourself to blame, well, it's... sports, well , it didn't work out now, but here, of course, because nothing could be done, i think our girls were doubly offended, but - i

tried to support them somehow, and we talked with them, and i really liked that somehow this situation didn't finish them off, it should have made them stronger, i hope so, i hope so. and for some reason i'm sure that we will see them again very beautiful victories, and at the same time your daughter also went on your footsteps, yes, she is already training, with everything that happened in the stands, and in sports in general now, aren’t you afraid that the same injustice will be done to her in the future, well, first of all, we haven’t discussed big-time sports yet, we just started doing gymnastics, i already said that i think it’s a great sport for general development, yes, yes, for

girls, so we’re not making plans yet, so right now, well, i’m definitely not afraid to do gymnastics in belarus, i don’t it's scary, and then, you know, everything will change many more times, and well, it's scary to send children to sports now, that maybe someday there will be some kind of not... and we know that here they could have imposed a fight, here maybe they would have even won, yes, and here they are generally better, but for those people who won these medals, these are

olympic medals, and if at the beginning, i was even interested, they were like, probably , somewhere, for example, in gymnastics they were surprised, oh, there are no belarusians, there are no russians, what did we give, we are in first place, then they to we got used to it, in general, they won’t think now, u...

won the license, the gymnasts could definitely fight, i think that even our archers, who showed a good result at the last competition, could also qualify, swimming in principle went in full force, well, athletics too of course, well, rowing of course, and yes, canoeing , we are going with a much larger team, we have twos, fours. why is it difficult to say,

i’ll explain something more specific, there have been no competitions for 2 years, and if we are approximately, you know, like we can make some predictions, based on what, on previous competitions, on previous, major tournaments, of course, the world championship, for example, all the strongest come there, because sometimes it is difficult to make an analysis of the world championship in some international competition, because maybe not everyone came there stronger, maybe...

champions, i like it like this, you have such a title, even if not officially, you know, it's all good, and i really like it, why, because they are their compatriots they support their athletes very much, it is very important, and i also liked it so much that on social networks, especially for the winners who won medals, people wrote so many good words. they congratulated them and were proud of them, and even those who did not win medals, but fought for every step, that is, it was clear that they did not give up, they tore, they still tried to show their best result, our people supported them, they said: well done, everything will work out, next time it will work out, we were rooting for you, everything is fine, hold on, and this

gives a lot of strength. in our show, participants will not be helped by cheat sheets, you can only count on your own strength, the game will be fire, guys, i know that you will

too. work and discipline give results, this is the principle by which the bobruisk dynamo shinnik works this off-season. hard training , exciting competitions, when you lift

the cup, right in the very. and how then ksenia, in such conditions, yes, not to lose shape and motivation, and is it possible in principle to call this emotional pressure

on competitors exactly. when people up to the last one, well, in some sports, they didn’t know until the last minute whether they would go or not, you remember, first it was the number of licenses, then they cut them again, cut them, well, they started to hound letvinovich. yes, at a certain point, that is, these things can be considered real psychological pressure, emotional pressure specifically to knock a person out of the scalia? i don’t think that it was done specifically, but definitely what you’re talking about, the pressure, of course, was great and all the athletes, who had a chance to go there, here in tibor, there is also a very good girl, we didn’t name her right away. she didn’t manage to go, everyone hoped until the very end, moreover, i ’ll tell you that when the decision was already made that that’s it, you won’t go, we won’t allow you there conditionally for some reason, although

they didn’t explain the reasons, our athletes still had hope, maybe they ’ll change their minds, because you understand, the olympics are once every 4 years, you can’t go to it even next year, you have to wait for all this, a... it's very difficult to stay in top shape, to train, some are already starting their own families, some have age-related injuries too, and for some, the sporting age ends very quickly, of course, for the same gymnasts 100%, and you, well, it turns out, lose your chance, and you won't have another opportunity in the near future, so everyone really wanted to go, of course, they all understood the difficult conditions, 2 years without.

to make separate competitions, well, for gays, for hermaphrodites, yes, for those who feel like the opposite sex, or am i exaggerating still, well, that would be a reasonable approach then, let's compete in categories, well, firstly

, there are competitions for gays, they are called the eurogames, they exist quietly without us, and they do not interfere with us, we do not interfere with them, without a sign, thank god, as for the algerian athlete, very clear criteria are important for people who have some kind of congenital anomalies, admission criteria, absolutely admission criteria, in fact there was a big scandal, of course, which should be agreed upon by the international federation, international olympic committee probably international commission, when everything is clearly structured, then it is somehow easier to solve this situation without much excitement.

see it all with your own eyes, in fact, we saw much less than people who watched it all on tv, that is, you will not have to unsee it, how to unsee it, yes, yes, i will not have to unsee a lot, because i did not even see it, well, in principle , i have no desire to rewatch it either, although there were so many memes in general and various discussions, that it seems to me, i have seen everything, i will not see anything new there, i already know all this as a - a summary, i have watched it all, well, and if in general, let's say, about the olympic games, then , of course, there were very beautiful olympic

facilities, very cool work with spectators , there were full stadiums everywhere, any qualifying qualifying competition, that is, not even the final, the hall was always full. yes, the stands were simply bursting, well , especially after the pandemic, this is very important, yes, yes, yes, after the pandemic, there were especially two the olympics with the pandemic, absolutely china, and maybe on... that's why it impressed absolutely everyone so much, probably, they were just hungry for a spectacle, especially when such a start is big, and it was promoted quite well in the media space, so it aroused a lot of interest both among the french and the guests, well, remember our runner and timonovskaya, who ran away from the olympics spectacularly from the last one, and didn't... ran up to a medal, this is the case

when it's better to train than to talk a lot, well, you know, probably, in fact, that the result speaks for itself, i probably don't even want to spend a lot of airtime discussing her person, i know that even being at the games, that is, she found time to say all sorts of nasty things.

there are actually people who are convinced of their rightness, they believe in some of their ideals, and i think that they would not change their opinion, but they are a minority, the main part, they were led somewhere by some hype, they somehow followed some crowd, you were a little scared somewhere, they believed that a coup d'etat could happen, i think that... it is because of this that they did some of these actions,

maybe even based on some of their fears, thoughts, insecurities, and so on. yes, i think that many of them now regret it, and you also know that many admit it, yeah, so now it seems to me that again, we don’t need to focus, that’s when... it was all bad and how could they then and what are they thinking now, we need to think about how we can do it now so that first of all this doesn’t happen, focus on the future and think, what can we do for our country to make it better, and so that we, including each of us in our place, do not make the mistakes that were possible then, so that this does not happen again. these are golden words, really, we need to think about our country

first of all, the only thing, you know, such a remark, it seems to me, when a person has ideals, yes, then they will definitely not change in one part in one day under the influence of circumstances, well, they either exist, or they do not, well, it does not happen, well, let's go here then now, yes, you drive around minsk, you see, this is an amazing gymnastics palace, yes, well , it's really beautiful, the ice palace, cool, yes, the velodrome is magnificent, really, well, a little outside the city, a thundering canal, soon there will be a swimming pool of international standard, yes, why are we still investing in this in such a volume, how do you explain it, probably not as a functionary, but as an athlete? yes, and as a functionary, including, i generally believe that ah, if the state has the time, strength and money to engage in sports culture, this is a successful country, that means, in all other respects everything

is fine, then this is, of course, a good base for the development of sports in general, as well as for holding international competitions on the territory of our country, and what can show our country from the best side better than tourists, guests, athletes, participants of events, come here, we can talk a lot about how good it is here, everything is fine there, and nothing is happening at all, everything is calm , come and see, only when they come, they will... truly understand, so, of course, i am sure that it will pay for itself in the future, definitely, and this will be expressed not only in our victories in the sports field, but also in

the image that our country will earn when it hosts such big events, by the way, there was a question about the world cup and... about the european games that we hosted, now 5 years have passed at the olympics, but people come to us and say: oh, hello , it’s great there, listen, well, we were at your games, how good it is there, how cool, just we still remember with such warmth, they remember the country, yes, and the country, the games, everything that is connected with belarus, they come up to us and say this, and of course it is very nice, good , well, i know that for some countries , the olympic athletes... the games were not a priority, they have the asian games, also winter and summer, the games of the future were recently held, joint competitions with russia, these are the venues where athletes can now show themselves, and what can push aside, if, let's say, not the olympic games, then at least such, well, the usual

european, world championships, here is an alternative, what could be interesting for us? well, you know, i... probably i will not agree that now for the asian games, for many asian countries the priority, we have now seen that the olympic games today are still the main competition of the four-year period, but i agree that the asian games are held simply at the highest level, and this is cool, great, they, we also talked to them, they have so many competitions their own, regional at different levels, from children, juniors, adult athletes and so on, there are a lot of them, they compete with each other, and the result of this rivalry in their region gives great results, they performed well now, especially in martial arts, they have some amazing results at the olympic games, so as for us,

of course, we will be happy to participate in competitions on the asian continent, if we have such an opportunity. in general, the more competitions, as a rule, it is always better, because especially such, you know, complex multi-competitions, that is, where many sports participate, because for me and for many athletes who came to paris, our young athletes, they came for the first time, and this whole atmosphere, of course, it is a little bit overwhelming, surprising, because uh, you are in such an environment for the first time, yes, when there are many sports. many different participants, large territories, and you need to clearly understand where to go, not to get confused, somehow, there are a lot information comes from outside, and you absorb it all, your attention is somehow a little distracted, i was at my first games, when they told us we would come to the olympic

village, i thought that we would come to a village, that there would be cows walking around, that there would be some small houses there, yes, well, what does a village in belarus look like, i think, some kind of? asia, for example, in which we, thanks to the russian olympic committee, are now successfully involved, we have already participated in two competitions and there are others also competitions where we can prove ourselves, and i hope that god willing, in the future we will return fully to the international arena, and of course, we will be happy to participate in all competitions, i would not even name them...

ksenia, let's not be disingenuous, but still , many athletes, patriots, had different positions regarding the participation of our athletes in the olympics in a neutral status, well, if we do not talk about this, it will probably be wrong, many would be categorically against it, at the same time the president clearly said that it is the athlete's business, if you have already qualified and are going, then get your fill, and of course he congratulated everyone on the victory, so you... remaining an athlete, yes, let's say, not a functionary, would you have said thank you for such a position, to the president, i would definitely say thank you, i am sure. that all the athletes who managed to go to the games to prove themselves, they will still thank him for this, the second point, why

it seems to me that our president has such a position, he is an athlete himself, and he understands all this perfectly, and he understands why it was necessary, he feels how important it is, of course, all athletes spend their lives on it, like i did... years of training, it is the meaning of their lives, then at one point, that is, they worked on it their whole lives for 15-20 years, there is nothing here, that's it, nothing happens, so the first thing is support , including from the president, that guys, we believe in you, go and show it there, including, i know that our coach, gonatolna vlasova, who is the coach of our... trampoline athletes, olympic medalists, we discussed this situation for a very long time, we don't have to go

to go, what is the position of the athletes coaches, she said, wouldn't it be better to represent our country, to show and prove ourselves, when we come to the olympic games and win everyone there, well, when you bring gold, it's generally without any, but i want to say that she talked about this a year ago, even before... she talked about it before, she says, it seems to me that this will be the most important expression of our position as a whole and to figure out how right someone is, that is, when you, as you say, you are in the very at the beginning they talked about this, that there are a lot of restrictions, for real athletes, who are the strongest, this does not affect anything, they come and win, and another point is that, be that as it may, this is a good negotiating platform, it is important that they do not forget about us, because when we are gone,

at first yes, we say, oh, probably there are no belarusians russians, the second time, probably there are no belarusians russians, then everyone gets used to the fact that they are not there, then they do not even remember that they are there, that is why it is important that we say, guys, we are here, we have a difficult time for now situation, but it won't be like this forever, get ready, ksenia, i'll ask the last quasi-philosophical question. the olympic organizing committee promised the athletes to replace their damaged medals. some have already said that their awards have started to rust. well, really, it's very symbolic. this is what world sports needs to do today to get rid of metal corrosion. it seems to me. the answer is very simple: everyone just needs to do their job and

make the goals of your organization a priority. the task of the international olympic movement, including the olympic games, is to unite the world through sport. the key word is to unite, and this was... the unofficial slogan of this olympics, thomas pach has spoken about this many times: let's give peace a chance, so i hope that now the international olympic committee is on the right track. ksenia, i saw you in a completely different light today, it's true, i hope the audience saw it too. thank you, thank you for the conversation, thank you, all the best.

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