Sports Palace becomes center of sport events on City Day

9 сентября 2018

The legendary Palace of Sports has always been the epicenter of Belarus' sports life. This week the story continued on the City Day. The whole territory was divided into 4 clusters. The first one was given to basketball players. Then there were rowing competitions among kayakers and canoeists in the waters of the Svisloch.

Demonstrative performances of wrestlers of various styles, master classes from volleyball players also found their audience on the city's holiday.

Each participant of the rolling relay race was to overcome 2800 meters.

The University of Physical Education became the first. The second was the team of the Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank.

Alexander Lukashenko also watched the competitions. The head of state came to the start long before the relay race began, He was in charge of the most responsible, and difficult segment of the relay race and brought victory to his team.

More than 35 thousand runners and healthy lifestyle buffs took part in the Half Marathon. The main race of the country is only four years old, and its scale is impressive.