Sports Stars Played Basketball to Support Alena Leuchanka

• 3.10.2020, 14:12

It was an amazing game.

Alena Leuchanka is one of the best basketball players in the history of Belarus. At one time, she played in the WNBA final and was recognized as the world championship's best center. But on Wednesday, the athlete was behind bars due to participation in an unsanctioned rally. For an active civic position, the Leninski District Court put Leuchanka, who was going for rehabilitation in Germany, in jail for 15 days. Let us remind you that she was detained right at the airport, writes "Tribuna."

This decision of the authorities angered the Belarusian sports community. Leuchanka is massively supported on social networks, and murals with her image even appear on the streets of Minsk. Aliaksandr Ivulin could not stand aside and invited the guys from SOS.BY (free association of Belarusian athletes) to play a basketball match in support of Alena. A notable battle came out, in which Yahor Meshcharakou, Vasil Khamutouski, Nadzeja Astapchuk, Kanstantsin Yakauleu, and Aliaksandra Herasimenia took part.