CHEBOKSARY, Aug 4, Andrey Simonenko. Olympic champion and three-time world champion in high jump Maria Lasitskene will not take part in the Open Championship of Belarus, Alla Glushchenko, press officer of the All-Russian Federation of Athletics (ARAF), said. The Open Championship of Belarus will be held in Minsk on August 16-18. Lasitskene previously announced plans to compete at these competitions. As Irina Privalova, acting president of the VFLA, said earlier, many Russian athletes should take part in the tournament. «Lasitskene will not perform at the open championship of Belarus in Minsk, instead, she will perform at the Kuts Memorial,» Glushchenko said. All-Russian competitions «Moscow Cup — Vladimir Memorial Kutsa» will be held on August 18.
