TV Channel Belarus 5 will show Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

31.08.2016
ХV Summer Paralympic Games will be held in Brazil on September 7-18. The Belarusian viewers will see the major events of the sport forum, which traditionally follows the Olympic Games. The broadcast of the official closing ceremony of Paralympic Games will be broadcasted on TV channel Belarus 5.

Press Release

ХV Summer Paralympic Games will be held in Brazil on September 7-18. The Belarusian viewers will see the major events of the sport forum, which traditionally follows the Olympic Games. The broadcast of the official closing ceremony of Paralympic Games will be broadcasted on TV channel Belarus 5.

Recently, the Belarusians worried about domestic Olympians in athletics, trampoline, wrestling, weightlifting, rowing, sailing and other Olympic sports. Now, viewers will have an opportunity not only to refresh the memory of those moments of joy, when our compatriots were on the podium, but also to cheer with renewed vigor, because the arena of Rio de Janeiro will welcome the athletes who will be competing not only with rivals, but also conduct an internal struggle with themselves, overcoming their own physical capabilities. Paralympic athletes will compete in 526 sets of medals in 22 sports, and competitions will be held for the first time in a triathlon. rowing and canoeing.

BTRC, being the owner of an exclusive right to broadcast the fifteenth Paralympic Games, will closely monitor the participation of Belarusian athletes.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Rio will be aired on Belarus 5. On September 8, at 21.20, the sports channel will show the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games 2016, which will be held at Mario Filho Stadium, better known as "Maracana", which on August 5 hosted the opening of the Olympic Games.

The most interesting and exciting moments will be prepared by channel Belarus 5 in Paralympics Reviews. The reports will be presented twice a day, starting from 9 September. Viewers will see the best moments of the competition, learn the latest news about the events.

The Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio will feature 21 Belarusian athletes including five-time champion of London 2012 Igor Boki and two-time Paralympic medalist Lyudmila Volchek, who won medals in academic and adaptive rowing in London and Beijing. It should be noted that Lyudmila will be the principal character of the author's project of Anna Eysmont "Women and Sport" on September 9 at 18.15 on Belarus 5.

Sport TV channel invites all fans on September 7 - 18 to watch the performance of our Paralympic athletes!