Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya from Belarus won her country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, taking silver in women’s trampoline on Saturday behind Britain’s Bryony Page.
Bardzilouskaya’s score of 56.060 was just short of Page’s score of 56.480 in the eight-woman final. Sophiane Methot of Canada won bronze with a score of 55.650.
Bardzilouskaya is one of 17 Belarusians competing at the Games as neutral athletes. Russia and Belarus are banned from team sports at the Paris Games due to the war in Ukraine.
Individual athletes from Russia or Belarus were allowed to compete as neutrals if they qualified and were approved for entry into the Olympics.
The 19-year-old Bardzilouskaya did not compete internationally for two years following sanctions by the International Gymnastics Federation after the war with Ukraine began.
She was cleared earlier this year to compete in World Cup events to earn enough points to qualify for the Games and was approved as a member of the AIN team in June.
