A solemn awards ceremony for the winners of the 6th EEC Spartakiad was held at the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission.  Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman of the Commission's Board, congratulated the champions and handed out gold medals.

More than 360 EEC employees and officials, representing five countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, took part in the competitions.  A total of 75 sets of medals were awarded.

The programme of the 2026 Spartakiad included 27 disciplines, including mini-football, basketball, volleyball, tug of war, badminton, strength exercises, running, tennis, chess, draughts, darts, esports and others.

Following the competitions, 81 participants won gold medals.

The division of the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission claimed an undisputed victory in the overall team standings, winning 42 medals, including 15 golds.  Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman of the Commission’s Board, was presented with the winner’s Cup of the 6th Spartakiad.

EEC Ministers took an active part in the competitions.

For example, Arzybek Kozhoshev, Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure, won silver in the 100-metre race and volleyball, as well as bronze in mini-football.  Athletes from his division took second place in the overall team tournament.  Third place went to employees of the division for Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies, headed by Minister Varos Simonyan.

Several Spartakiad records were set.

In swimming, the best results were shown by Aset Temirbolat, Adviser at the Secretariat of the Chairman of the EEC Board, and Inessa Mikulich, Head of the Division for Planning, Control, Methodology and Monitoring of the Exchange Market at the Antimonopoly Regulation Department.

In the plank-hold tournament, the record was set by Tatiana Rapeyko, Adviser at the Division for Integration of Information Systems of Customs Authorities of the Customs Infrastructure Department.

In kettlebell lifting, the highest result was demonstrated by Valery Belsky, Head of the Secretariat of the EEC Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation.

In squats, Vladimir Klyuchev, Adviser at the Oil and Gas Policy Division of the Energy Department, and Tatyana Mikhailova, Consultant at the Legal Editing Division of the Legal Department, won with record-breaking achievements.