Editing Belarus (section)

===Sport===
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{{see also|Belarus at the Olympics}}

Belarus has competed in the Olympic Games since the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] as an independent nation. Receiving heavy sponsorship from the government, [[ice hockey]] is the nation's second most popular sport after [[Association football|football]]. The [[Belarus national football team|national football team]] has never qualified for a major tournament; however, [[FC BATE Borisov|BATE Borisov]] has played in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]. The [[Belarus national men's ice hockey team|national hockey team]] finished fourth at the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City Olympics]] following a memorable upset win over Sweden in the quarterfinals and regularly competes in the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]], often making the quarterfinals. Numerous Belarusian players are present in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] in Eurasia, particularly for Belarusian club [[HC Dinamo Minsk]], and several have also played in the [[National Hockey League]] in North America. The [[2014 IIHF World Championship]] was hosted in Belarus and the [[2021 IIHF World Championship]] was supposed to be co-hosted in Latvia and Belarus but it was cancelled due to widespread protests and security concerns. The [[2021 UEC European Track Championships]] in cycling was also cancelled because Belarus was not considered a safe host.

[[File:Victoria Azarenka (18567208246).jpg|thumb|right|[[Victoria Azarenka]], professional [[tennis]] player and a former [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|world No. 1]] in singles]]
[[Darya Domracheva]] is a leading [[biathlon|biathlete]] whose honours include three gold medals at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/darya-domracheva |title=Darya Domracheva |website=www.olympic.org}}</ref> [[Tennis]] player [[Victoria Azarenka]] became the first Belarusian to win a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title at the [[Australian Open]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/queen-victoria-takes-the-throne-determined-to-court-further-success-20120129-1qo2l.html|title=Queen Victoria takes the throne determined to court further success|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 January 2012}}</ref> She also won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]] with [[Max Mirnyi]], who holds ten Grand Slam titles in [[Singles tennis|doubles]].

Other notable Belarusian sportspeople include cyclist [[Vasil Kiryienka]], who won the [[2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|2015 Road World Time Trial Championship]], and middle-distance runner [[Maryna Arzamasava]], who won the gold medal in the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|800m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics]].
[[Andrei Arlovski]], who was born in [[Babruysk]], [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]], is a current [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter and the former [[List of UFC champions|UFC heavyweight champion of the world]].

Belarus is also known for its strong rhythmic gymnasts. Noticeable gymnasts include [[Inna Zhukova]], who earned silver at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], [[Liubov Charkashyna]], who earned bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, and [[Melitina Staniouta]], Bronze All-Around Medalist of the 2015 World Championships. The Belarusian senior group earned bronze at the [[2012 London Olympics]].