our belarusian delegation elected vasily yurchik , head of the international relations department ofnal olympic committee, as the captain and standard-bearer of our team will be polina sivets , the champion of belarus in speed skating among juniors at distances of 1500 and 3.000 m. it is a great honor for me to be the captain of the belarusian team at such a familiar sports forum. uh. of course, i want to show the best result in my career at the right time in the right place. here's hoping for the best home start of the season for just skaters. and the guys were preparing very hard for this start. they were very much looking forward to it, because it is a competition. like a repeat of the winter university games. we are looking forward to a good entry in the team sprint and in the medium long distance for girls , of course. for our guys. it's unique experience. e today in the present time modern. realities uh get, but a certain skill to show their abilities and uh, this is a kind of competitive practice, which uh, is certainly necessary and uh from childhood so that they can continue