263 Belarusian athletes are preparing for the Tokyo Olympics – Ministry of sports
13:35 / 12.02.2020
At the moment, 69 Belarusian athletes in 15 sports have met the Olympic qualification requirements and standards. Qualifying tournaments will continue until the end of June. Thus, Belarusian athletes can expect to win about 100 Olympic licenses.
The XXXII summer Olympic games will be held in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, 2020. 339 sets of medals in 33 sports will be awarded at the main starts of the quadrennial year. Baseball/softball, karate, surfing, rock climbing and skateboarding joined the Tokyo 2020 Olympic program. 11090 athletes from 206 countries will compete for medals at the Games in the capital of Japan. Of these, 49% are women. Thus, the 2020 games will be the most gender-balanced.