Olympic champion Dinara Smolskaya told that she was very happy to hear the anthem of the Republic of Belarus at the award ceremony after the mixed relay of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship.
On Thursday, the Belarusian team took first place in the mixed relay, but its result will not be taken into account in the final protocol, since it does not participate in the Russian Championship. Previously, after the victories of Belarusians, the national anthem was not played at the award ceremony.
— They reacted positively to our anthem at the stadium! There were thoughts: “Finally.” But we also understand that there are such regulations here, it is difficult to know who is right and who is wrong, but today it was very pleasant. Thank you very much for the anthem!
— Has anyone from your team contacted the organizers with such a request?
— No, we didn’t qualify, but I think after the pursuit race there was a big resonance. This has been discussed. It was difficult not to play the anthem when the whole team is winning,” Smolskaya told .
Watch the live stream of the single mix on and Match! Arena” at the moment. You can also follow the progress of the race on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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