Skateboarding and Dragonbots: what else will surprise the opening of the Spartakiad and Universiade in Minsk on September 19

The Republican Universiade and the Republican Spartakiad of student colleges of the 2026/2027 academic year will start in Minsk on September 19, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The platform of the opening ceremony will be the Republican center of Olympic training in game sports "Palace of Sports". The event will bring together thousands of representatives of institutions of higher, secondary special and vocational education from all over the country.

The organizers have prepared a rich program. The central events will be the solemn ceremony of awarding the winners and prize-winners of the Republican Universiade following the results of the 2025/2026 academic year, the traditional parade of teams of leading educational institutions and the symbolic lighting of the competition fire.

Guests and participants are also waiting for the athletics race “On the start, young people!” and spectacular competitions in modern urban disciplines: skateboarding, streetball, roller sport, BMX, as well as races on Dragon class boats (dragonbots). The program also includes demonstration master classes of national sports federations, unions and associations, open dance battles. And the show will end with the participation of popular youth artists and leading creative teams of Belarus.

The main youth competitions of the country are organized by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Sport and the Belarusian Association of Student Sports.