{"id":199585,"date":"2026-08-11T19:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199585\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:14:17","slug":"prominent-freestyle-coach-kazieka-dies-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199585\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent freestyle coach Kazieka dies aged 76"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Prominent Belarusian freestyle coach Mika\u0142aj Kazieka died at the age of 76, Vadzim Dzieviato\u016dski, former head of the Belarusian Athletics Federation, has said on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kazieka supported the 2020 postelection protests and signed an open letter, along with other dissident athletes, calling for the disputed presidential election in Belarus to be declared invalid. As a result, the authorities stripped him of his awards and removed him from the national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes trained by Kazieka have won eight medals at the Winter Olympics, including four golds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian freestyle skiers fail to earn Olympic medals for the first time since 1998<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 18, Pozirk. Belarusian freestyle skiers have failed to win any medals at the Winter Olympics for the first time since 1998. Hanna Hu\u015bkova, the 2018 gold and 2022 silver medalist, finished eighth at the Milano Cortina Olympics. Anastasija Andryjanava &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/176232\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 11, Pozirk. Prominent Belarusian freestyle coach Mika\u0142aj Kazieka died at the age of 76, Vadzim Dzieviato\u016dski, former head of the Belarusian Athletics Federation, has said on Instagram. Kazieka supported the 2020 postelection protests and signed an open letter, along with other dissident athletes, calling for the disputed presidential election in Belarus to be declared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-199585","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prominent freestyle coach Kazieka dies aged 76 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 11, Pozirk. 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