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.

Read the Live Blogs from Minsk 2019:

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 four of competition

Monday, 24 June 2019

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the European Games in Minsk

By Nancy Gillen and Mike Rowbottom in Minsk

Timeline

1 year ago: Fourth day of Minsk 2019 European Games conclude
1 year ago: Italian duo triumph in aerobic gymnastics mixed pairs
1 year ago: Russia retain men's 3x3 basketball title
1 year ago: France’s Labrousse wins women’s individual title in trampoline gymnastics
1 year ago: France win women's 3x3 basketball
1 year ago: Polish pair win men’s synchronised trampoline gymnastics title
1 year ago: Georgia's Tushishvili earns dramatic win in men's over-100kg judo final
1 year ago: Heartbreak for Belarus in women's 3x3 basketball
1 year ago: Home judoka Slutskaya wins tough battle to claim top weight women's judo gold
1 year ago: Russia's Adamian upsets multiple medallist Liparteliani to win men's under-100kg judo title
1 year ago: Slovenia's Apotekar wins women's under-78kg judo gold
1 year ago: Spanish duo triumph in mixed team shotgun trap
1 year ago: urkey's Ozerler wins men's under-90kg judo title
1 year ago: Final individual judo medal matches at 2nd European Games get underway
1 year ago: Spanish duo triumph in mixed team shotgun trap
1 year ago: Semi-finalists for men's 3x3 basketball confirmed
1 year ago: Defending champions Russia crash out of women's 3x3 basketball
1 year ago: Richter claims gold in men's 10m air rifle
1 year ago: Coman earns Romania's first gold of European Games
1 year ago: Basketball knock-out rounds set to begin
1 year ago: Chernousov achieves second gold of European Games in mixed team 50m pistol
1 year ago: Story behind Lesik the Fox mascot
1 year ago: Strong Italian medal prospects in aerobic gymnastics
1 year ago: Russia dominate medal table so far
1 year ago: IOC set to announce hosts of 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympics
1 year ago: Home favourite Hancharou hoping to add Minsk 2019 gold to Baku 2015 silver in trampoline gymnastics
1 year ago: EOC members return to Minsk from Lausanne
1 year ago: Welcome to our Live Blog from the fourth day of action

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