Claim: While Nikolaj Pešalov took first place in the 2000 Olympic Games Snatch event and Clean & Jerk event held in Australia, Leonidas Sabanis and Henadzi Aliaschuk were his runner-ups.
Evidence: 2000 Australia Sydney, Australia Year Venue 1 1 Henadzi Aliashchuk also written as Gennady Oleshchuk (Russian: Геннадий Олещук; born June 29, 1975) is a retired male weightlifter from Belarus, who competed in the men's featherweight class weight (– 62 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He won a silver medal in the 59 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States and in the 62 kg category in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.