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Fifteen sports and 21 disciplines will be contested at Minsk 2019.

Thirteen venues will host events at the second European Games.

The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the second European Games will take place at the Dinamo Stadium, which will also host the athletics events.

Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha rivers.

Minsk has a population of 1.98 million people.

The Minsk 2019 mascot is Lesik the Fox who represents friendship, development, harmony, discipline, determination, cheerfulness, invincibility and vigour!

Lesik is pretty easy to spot with his red hat, white and green shirt, black shorts, blue shoes and yellow fur. These same colours are used on the Minsk 2019 logo.

One-hundred-and-ninety-nine medal events will be contested at Minsk 2019; 91 men’s events, 89 women’s events and 19 mixed events.

In all, 4,022 competitors will take part over 10 days.

The European Games take place every four years, the first of which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015.

Eight sports taking place at the European Games will serve as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Minsk was elected as the venue for the second European Games on October 21, 2016 at the General Assembly of the EOC.

Fifty One European National Olympic Committees will be represented in the Belarusian capital during the Games.

Belarusian athletes won 43 medals at the first European Games - 10 gold, 11 silver, and 22 bronze - and finished seventh on the medal table.

The second European Games will be held at the largest sports facilities in Minsk, such as stadium “Dinamo”, “Minsk-Arena” and “Chizhovka-Arena”.

More than 8,000 volunteers will help prepare and stage Minsk 2019.

Minsk 2019 volunteers are assigned to one of 20 roles ranging from spectator services, hospitality, venue management, medical services, transport and protocol assistants.

Belaruskali is a Premium Partner of Minsk 2019 whilst Yasna-Beltelecom, MTS, Fabrika Reklamy, Belarusbank, UNICEF and LUCH are National Partners.

Faroe Islands will be able to compete for the first time at the second European Games in archery, badminton, judo and table tennis.

The first buyer of a paper ticket was Minsk 2019 mascot Lesik, the baby fox.

The programme of the European Games also includes the European Judo Championships which will gather the best athletes in the Chizhovka Arena.

The second European Games will be held under the motto Bright Year, Bright You.

The logo of the second European Games has been inspired by the slogan “Follow Your Dream”.

A Minsk Guest Card has been designed for tourists coming to the Belarusian capital and provides discounts and bonuses for museums, shopping centres, restaurants, and cafes.

Minsk is characterised by long avenues and neoclassical grandeur.

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Minsk 2019 European Games Medal Table

Country
Russian Federation	44	23	42
Belarus	24	16	29
Ukraine	16	17	18
Italy	13	15	13

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Minsk 2019 European Games Results

Women's 10m air pistol Shooting Shotgun
7 Jul 2019 13:40

			Score
		Dorsa Arabshahi	240.1
		Haniyeh Rostamiyan	238.7
		Kim Min-jung	218.7

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The European Games: Day eight of competition

Friday, 28 June 2019

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the European Games in Minsk

By Nancy Gillen and Mike Rowbottom in Minsk

Timeline

2 years ago: Eighth day of competition at 2019 European Games conclude
2 years ago: Volikakis wins last gold medal of the day in men's cycling points race
2 years ago: Lithuanian joy in women's keirin
2 years ago: Wild wins women's scratch
2 years ago: Belarus wrestler Marzaliuk wins women’s under-76kg class title
2 years ago: Russia pip Italy in men's cycling team pursuit
2 years ago: Ukraine’s Tkach earns women’s wrestling gold in under-62kg class
2 years ago: Ukraine beat hosts Belarus to first Dynamic New Athletics title
2 years ago: Italy earn another European Games gold in women's cycling team pursuit
2 years ago: Home favourite Kurachkina delivers thrashing in women's wrestling 57kg
2 years ago: Three-times Olympic medallist Stadnik wins women's freestyle wrestling 50kg
2 years ago: Big crowd as DNA final gets underway
2 years ago: Mixed team 25m standard pistol gold and silver go to Germany
2 years ago: Dynamic New Athletics final on the starting blocks
2 years ago: Cainero and Rossetti claim shotgun skeet gold
2 years ago: Italy to battle over shotgun mixed team skeet gold
2 years ago: Europe’s finest karateka gather for Minsk 2019 competition this weekend
2 years ago: EOC confirms gymnastics will be on 2023 European Games programme
2 years ago: Former table tennis child prodigy Lind lined up for men’s team semi-finals
2 years ago: EOC seek stakeholders' feedback for 2023 European Games sport programme
2 years ago: Final medal table shaping up
2 years ago: Welcome to our Live Blog from the eighth day of action

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