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Former basketball player Ivan Edeshko and Grodno Oblast Vice Governor Viktor Liskovich

Former basketball player Ivan Edeshko and Grodno Oblast Vice Governor Viktor Liskovich
18 May 2019

“Grodno Oblast has welcomed the Flame of the 2nd European Games today. The relay has united sport champions, prominent public and art figures, and also those who still have their big victories ahead. The 2nd European Games will show that sport and healthcare get much attention in Belarus. The sports forum will become a powerful impetus to consolidating the society,” Grodno Oblast Vice Governor Viktor Liskovich said at the ceremony.

Ivan Edeshko, the first torch bearer in Grodno
Former basketball player Ivan Edeshko and Grodno Oblast Vice Governor Viktor Liskovich
World Champion, Olympic medalist in hammer throw Ivan Tsikhan takes the baton from Ivan Edeshko
Rector of the Belarusian State University Andrei Korol
Sasha Nemo takes the relay over from Ivan Naidenov
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