Vladislav Goncharov and Nikolay Kazak
Belarusian athletes claimed medals across a long list of disciplines, including cycling, shooting, rowing, gymnastics, table tennis and wrestling. In fact, the event has been among the richest in terms of medals for our sportsmen, who took 10 of 25 possible.
On a single day, our gymnasts performed brilliantly in their group exercises: Ksenia Cheldyshkina, Anna Dudenkova, Maria Kadobina, Valeria Pishchelina and Arina Tsitsilina won gold for the clubs and balls. The leader of Belarus’ national calisthenics team, Melitina Stanuyta, confirmed her supremacy, capturing three personal medals: silver for the ball event, and bronze medals for her exercises with hoop and clubs).
Gold medalist Yelena Omelyusik
Vladimir Samsonov
Belarusian trampoline jumpers were also a success in individual events: Vladislav Goncharov won silver, while Anna Garchenok captured bronze. Later, Vladislav Goncharov and Nikolay Kazak won silver in synchronised jumping.
Vitaly Bubnovich claimed bronze in the 50m small-bore rifle shooting (three positions) and the women’s acrobatic team of Yekaterina Borisevich, Veronika Nabokina and Karina Sandovich won two bronze medals: for balancing and twisting.
Melitina Stanuyta
Y. Borisevich, V.Nabokina and K. Sandovich
Interestingly, a record 49,000 fans attended 11 competition events, at the ten host arenas of the European Games. Meanwhile, the Olympic Stadium — which hosted athletics events — attracted 22,000 fans: a Games’ record.
By Igor Grishin
