Successful performance of young West Kazakhstani athletes at the national championship in short track speed skating
URALSK. December 3. KAZINFORM - Skaters from the West Kazakhstan region performed well at the national championship in short track speed skating recently held among trainees of sports schools for children and young people and sports schools for gifted children in the town of Rudnyi, Kostanay region, reports our own correspondent in Uralsk, Yelzhan Yeraly.
According to Maxim Lozovoy, the West Kazakhstan team's coach, the competition brought together athletes from Astana, Almaty, Rudnyi, South Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Karaganda regions.
In Rudnyi, 20 athletes represented the West Kazakhstan region. They can boast of gold, silver and bronze medals won at different distances and in different age classes: Anita Nagai ("silver" for the 1500m, 1000m and 500m distances), Adil Galiakhmetov ("bronze" for 1000m), Galiya Zhumagazieva ("bronze" for 1000 m and "silver" for 500m and 800m distances), Adil Kyrymgereev ("gold" for 800m and 500m, "bronze" for 333 m), Yuna Parkhomenko ("bronze" for the distances of 800 and 333 meters), Alisher Abilkatymov ("silver"for 222 meters and "gold" for 333 meters), Yessey Ibraev ("bronze" for 222, 333 and 500 meters).
The West Kazakhstan team was second with 1061 points after the Kostanay team that scored 1537 points. Karaganda held the third place with 1008 points.