By Nikolay Stulo: Belarus continues preparations for the largest sports forum in its history. This week the first official visit of the Coordinating Commission of the European Olympic Committees took place in the capital. The leading sports functionaries of the continent hold consultations and give recommendations to the Belarusian organizers.
The forum will be held in Minsk in June. 15 kinds of sports, more than 4,000 athletes, 12 sports facilities.
About four thousand athletes fr om 50 countries are expected to take part in the second European Games. Competitions in 10 kinds of sports will affect the selection for the Olympics in Tokyo. Winners in boxing, canoeing, karate, shooting and table tennis will automatically qualify for the Games in Japan in 2020.
The guests visited all the sports facilities of the future forum even though they knew the functional of each of them perfectly.
The student village on Dzerzhinsky Avenue will become a place wh ere all athletes will live, eat and recover in June 2019. Of course, the requirements for the infrastructure will change.
In mid-October, Belarus should decide on the broadcaster. Now two companies are struggling for this. They have a large experience of broadcasting large forums.
The Coordinating Commission was very impressed by the security measures that our country will take during the Games. Now the main thing is to coordinate the actions of all services and departments.
