Heroes of Olympic Games commended in Minsk

The prizewinners of Winter Olympic Games in Sochi Darya Domracheva, Anton Kushnir, Alla Tsuper and Nadezhda Skardino came to the Palace of Independence. The Heroes of the Olympic Games are the pride and dignity of the Belarusian nation, pointed out the head of the state. Darya Domracheva, three-time Olympic champion, received the medal of the Hero of Belarus for the distinguished services. The Order of Fatherland of the First Degree was presented to the head coach of the Belarusian freestyle team Nikolai Kozeiko. The Order of the 3rd Degree was presented to Olympic champions in freestyle Alla Tsuper and Anton Kushnir as well as bronze medal winner in biathlon Nadezhda Skardino. The other coaches of the Belarusian freestyle and biathlon team were commended as well.