For the first time since 2022, the Belarusian delegation went out with a red-green flag at the opening of the Olympic Games The Belarusian delegation participated in the opening ceremony of the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar with the red-green national flag. It is the first such performance at an Olympic ceremony since the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The ceremony took place on October 31 in the capital of Senegal. The flag was carried by swimmers Polina Bliavskaya and Maxim Mashlikevich, the National Olympic Committee of Belarus reported. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which the territory of Belarus was also used, the IOC recommended limiting the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions. At the Olympics in Paris in 2024 and the Winter Games in Milan in 2026, Belarusians competed as individual neutral athletes - without the country's flag and anthem. On May 7 this year, the IOC canceled its recommendations regarding restrictions on Belarusian athletes, including teams, in competitions of international federations and other sports organizers. In Dakar, Belarus is represented by seven athletes in six sports: Alexandra Knyazeva in judo, Polina Blyavskaya and Maksim Mashlikevich in swimming, Gleb Akunevich in archery, Bogdan Aliyev in taekwondo, Denis Maslov in fencing and Georgi Solovi in ​​breaking. Blanobosti on X / Instagram.

For the first time since 2022, the Belarusian delegation went out with a red-green flag at the opening of the Olympic Games The Belarusian delegation participated in the opening ceremony of the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar with the red-green national flag. It is the first such performance at an Olympic ceremony since the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The ceremony took place on October 31 in the capital of Senegal. The flag was carried by swimmers Polina Bliavskaya and Maxim Mashlikevich, the National Olympic Committee of Belarus reported. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which the territory of Belarus was also used, the IOC recommended limiting the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions. At the Olympics in Paris in 2024 and the Winter Games in Milan in 2026, Belarusians competed as individual neutral athletes - without the country's flag and anthem. On May 7 this year, the IOC canceled its recommendations regarding restrictions on Belarusian athletes, including teams, in competitions of international federations and other sports organizers. In Dakar, Belarus is represented by seven athletes in six sports: Alexandra Knyazeva in judo, Polina Blyavskaya and Maksim Mashlikevich in swimming, Gleb Akunevich in archery, Bogdan Aliyev in taekwondo, Denis Maslov in fencing and Georgi Solovi in ​​breaking. Blanobosti on X / Instagram.