Belarus names boxing team for Baku 2015
The Belarusian national boxing team has been announced for the first Baku 2015 European Games.
The Belarusian squad includes Leonid Charnabayeu, Mohammed Nuruddinov, continental champion Vazgen Safaryants, İvan Fiqurenko, Dmitri Asanov, Eugene Dolgolevets, Vitaly Bondarenko and Sergei Novikov.
Yana Burim and Victoriya Kebikova will compete in the women`s event.
Baku 2015 is the first-ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent that will take place on June 12-28, 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.
Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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