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01/09/2020

12:00

Polish Champions Stand in Solidarity with Belarusians. New Spot Expresses Solidarity with Athletes and Society of Belarus under the #WeAreWithYou Hashtag

Michał Olech

The best Polish athletes have appeared in a spot expressing solidarity with the athletes and society of Belarus under the #JesteśmyZWami (#WeAreWithYou) hashtag. This is a response to an open letter from over 360 athletes from Belarus, including world and Olympic champions, who wrote, among other things, "we categorically condemn the numerous instances of falsifying the presidential election results in the Republic of Belarus, as well as manifestations of gross violence by security forces against peacefully protesting citizens".

The spot featured Agnieszka Radwańska, Otylia Jędrzejczak, Kamil Glik, Artur Boruc, Bartosz Kapustka, Bartosz Zmarzlik, Maja Włoszczowska, Andrzej Bargiel, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Monika Pyrek, Izuagbe Ugonoh, Szymon Kołecki, Łukasz Koszarek, Andrzej Wrona and the Verva Warszawa ORLEN Team volleyball team, Piotr Małachowski, Jakub Przygoński, Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale, Artur Siódmiak, Bartłomiej Marszałek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Lach, and Ewa Trzebińska.

The Ministry of Sport has taken patronage over the initiative.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9LA570ojVjM


Michał Olech