Minsk 2019: Competition Day Six
The 2nd European Games are underway in Minsk. Athletes are competing in 16 medal events across five sports on day six.
Best of the best will be named in canoe sprint, wrestling, table tennis, archery and rifle&pistol shooting. Qualifications will be held in beach soccer, badminton, boxing, while Dinamo Stadium will host athletics semifinals.
Belarus win 3 gold medals at 2nd European Games on 25 June
Belarus goes second in the medal table with 41 (14 gold, 9 silver, 18 bronze) medals. Russia tops the overall standings with the total of 53 (24, 13, 16) medals. Georgia is third with 20 (6, 5, 9) medals.
Canoe sprint
Belarus' Aleh Yurenia third in canoe sprint at 2nd European Games
Aleh Yurenia finished +1.355 second behind the frontrunner. Hungary's Balint Kopasz won gold. Fernando Pimenta of Portugal came second.
Belarus victorious in Women's K2 500m at European Games in Minsk
Belarusian Volha Khudzenka and Maryna Litvinchuk won the gold medal in the Women's K2 500m at the 2nd European Games.
Yurenia: It is a great responsibility to perform in front of the home crowd
“I am happy with my performance. I do not get on the podium in the K1 1000m events very often. I needed to show my best,” the athlete said.
Litvinchuk and Khudzenka: The European Games are featuring the strongest athletes
The canoe sprint competitions are underway as part of the 2nd European Games in Zaslavl Regatta Course.
Brendel: Minsk is a great host of the European Games
The German athlete placed third in the Men's C1 1000m, finishing ahead of Belarus' Maksim Piatrou.
Archery
Belarusian women archers shoot past 2nd European Games semifinals
In the Women's Recurve Individual quarterfinals Belarus' Karyna Dziominskaya competed with Gabriela Bayardo from Netherlands. The Belarusian archer was close to victory, yet she lost 5:6.
Rifle&pistol shooting
Minsk 2019: Belarus' Yury Shcherbatsevich claims Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions silver
The Belarusian finished third in the qualifying round. In the final, Yury Shcherbatsevich fought for gold against Russia's Sergey Kamenskiy, yet landed second. Bronze went to Istvan Peni of Hungary.
