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: Final day of competition

Sunday, 30 June 2019

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the European Games in Minsk

By Nancy Gillen and Mike Rowbottom in Minsk

Timeline

1 year ago: Sporting action at Minsk 2019 European Games comes to an end
1 year ago: Ukraine's Bachynska achieves gold in women's floor
1 year ago: Verniaiev earns gold for Ukraine in men's parallel bars
1 year ago: Belgium's Derwael triumphs in women's beam
1 year ago: Armenia continues successful day with men's vault gold
1 year ago: All-around champion Melnikova secures uneven bars gold medal
1 year ago: Men's rings gold goes to Italy's Lodadio
1 year ago: Belak edges past all-around champion to win women's vault
1 year ago: Belyavskiy adds pommel horse gold to all-around title
1 year ago: Ukraine's Horuna wins men's kumite under-75g gold to complete karate competition
1 year ago: Hryshchanka earns gold for hosts in men's greco-roman wrestling 130kg
1 year ago: Italy's Maresca earns dramatic win in men's under-67kg kumite final
1 year ago: Aleksanyan add European Games greco-wrestling gold medal to collection
1 year ago: Latvia's Kalnins overpowers Farzaliyev to win men's kumite under-60kg title
1 year ago: Ukraine's Serogina wins women's kumite under-61kg gold
1 year ago: Van Schip wins the final track cycling gold in men's omnium
1 year ago: Goranova glee after winning women's kumite under-55kg gold
1 year ago: Austria's Plank wins first karate gold of the night in women's kumite under-50kg
1 year ago: Russia's Shmeleva wins women's 500m time trial at track cycling
1 year ago: Gold for Gadzhimagomedov in men's boxing 91kg heavyweight
1 year ago: Finland's Soravuo win's artistic gymnastics men's floor
1 year ago: Dutch cylist Lavreysen claims men's keirin gold
1 year ago: Unanimous victory for Ukraine's Khyzhniak in men's boxing 75kg middleweight
1 year ago: Blichfeldt wins badminton women's singles gold to compete Danish double
1 year ago: British pair win women's madison gold
1 year ago: Final session of karate gets underway at Chizhovka Arena
1 year ago: Beleniuk upgrades 2015 greco-roman wrestling silver with gold
1 year ago: Golden reflections from Ellis and Smith after badminton's battle of Britons
1 year ago: Antonsen beats Leverdez to badminton men's singles title
1 year ago: Another Armenian gold as Bachkov wins men's boxing 64kg light welterweight
1 year ago: Home gold in track cycling as Sharakova wins women's individual pursuit
1 year ago: Ireland secures first European Games gold through boxer Walker
1 year ago: Hovhannisyan triumphs in men's boxing 49kg light flyweight
1 year ago: Smith and Ellis beat fellow Brits to badminton mixed doubles gold
1 year ago: Second boxing gold for Britain through Price in women's 75kg middleweight
1 year ago: Cakiroglu awarded gold in women's boxing 51kg flyweight
1 year ago: Harrington withdraws from women's boxing 60kg lightweight final
1 year ago: Last medals of 2019 European Games set to be awarded
1 year ago: Welcome to our Live Blog from the final day of action

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