A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus was held. One of the main issues was the approval of the composition of the Belarusian sports delegation for the II European Games in Minsk, BELTA was informed by the press service of the NOC.
It is planned that 227 athletes will participate in the multi-sport forum, which will be held in the Belarusian capital from June 21 to 30, in 15 sports. The selection for the II European Games was carried out according to the criteria established by the European sports federations.
The nominal composition of the Belarusian team for the II European Games will be announced later, taking into account the athletes' fulfillment of planned tasks and the results shown at the qualifying competitions.
Also at the meeting of the Executive Committee, issues related to the current activities of the NOC of Belarus were discussed, with a report on the development strategy of hockey presented by the Chairman of the Ice Hockey Federation of Belarus Gennady Savilov and the General Director of the hockey club "Dynamo-Minsk" Dmitry Baskov.