“New Year Ball’2007. To Heroes of Sport” enters the final stage

30.12.2006

Press releaseThe project started on November 20. Belarusian sport fans voted for 25 days by regular mail, e-mail and phone calls. Three nominees in each of 14 nominations were determined as a result.Miss Charming - Elena Nevmerzhitskaya (athletics), Lubov Cherkashina (calisthenics), Alesya Chernyavskaya (tae kwon do).


Press release



The project started on November 20. Belarusian sport fans voted for 25 days by regular mail, e-mail and phone calls. Three nominees in each of 14 nominations were determined as a result.
Miss Charming - Elena Nevmerzhitskaya (athletics), Lubov Cherkashina (calisthenics), Alesya Chernyavskaya (tae kwon do). The winner is Lubov Cherkashina.
Mister Elegant - Maxim Mirny (tennis), Ivan Tikhon (athletics), Segey Shtanuk (football). The winner is Ivan Tikhon.
Sport Sponsor - Triple, Uniwest-М, Mobile Digital Communication. The award went to Triple and Uniwest-М.
Print Media Sport Journalist - Konstantin Belous (Respublika), Sergey Shchurko (Press Ball), Ruslan Vasiliev (Sport Panorama). The winner is Konstantin Belous.
PT and Sport Organization - “Dinamo”, “Sport Committee of the Armed Forces”, “Paralympics Committee of Belarus”. The award went to “Dinamo”.
Will to Win nomination - Ludmila Volchek (paralympics champion of Turin), Vasily Shaptiboi (multiple paralympics champion of Turin), Yadviga Skorobogataya (paralympics champion of Salt Lake City, multiple paralympics champion of Turin). The winner is Ludmila Volchek.
Best TV Sport Journalist - Vladimir Novitsky (BTRC), Marta Skavinskaya (STV) and Alexander Khromylev (BTRC). The winner is Vladimir Novitsky.
Discovery of the Year - Vasily Kirienko (cycling), archery male’s team, Gennady Makhvienya (weightlifting). The winner is Vasily Kirienko.
Result of the Year - Sergey Martynov (shooting), Andrey Rybakov (weightlifting) and Alesya Turova (athletics). The winner is Andrey Rybakov.
Coach of the Year - Glen Hanlon (hockey), Alexander Goncharov (weightlifting), Nikolai Kozeko (freestyle), Anatoly Ermak (wrestling). The victory was shared by Nikolai Kozeko and Glen Hanlon.
Highlight of the Year - Margarita Turova (20-km walking finish at European championship), National Women’s Basketball Team (last minutes of Belarus/Greece European qualifier), Dmitry Kasperovich (vault silver world champion). The winner is Margarita Turova.
Sportswoman of the Year - Ekaterina Karsten (rowing), Natalia Tsilinskaya (cycling), Natalia Khoroneko (athletics). The winner is Ekaterina Karsten.
Sportsman of the Year - Dmitry Dashchinsky (freestyle), Andrey Rybakov (weightlifting), Ivan Tikhon (athletics). The winner is Dmitry Dashchinsky.
Team of the Year - national women’s table tennis team, national women’s calisthenics team, women’s relay race athletics team. The winner is women’s calisthenics team.
The heroes of sport will receive “Triumph” statuettes at the presentation ceremony starting at 22:30 LT. The gala show “New Year Ball’2007. To Heroes of Sport” will be the principal New Year project of the First Channel to be aired on the New Year night. It will be attended the stars of sport, famous statesmen and popular performers.