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A day before the long-awaited International Athletics Competitions, a press conference was held with foreign athletes.

Despite the fact that a considerable number of athletes from other countries have arrived, last year’s participants also appear on the lists. One of these is Victoria Zyabkina, who last year, unfortunately, stopped 0.01 seconds from the record of Kazakhstan, but at the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan she still set this result thanks to her efforts. This time, Victoria does not set herself any specific result.

– As it is destined to be, so it will be, – the record holder of Kazakhstan believes. – This is a holiday that people enjoy. Year after year we come here, to this big athletics house. This is our only house in the whole of Kazakhstan, which, thanks to the Rypakov family, everyone now has.

For the second year in a row, guests from Azerbaijan Hakim Ibrahimov and Arif Abbasov have come to these competitions, but this time another athlete from this country Ekaterina Sarieva came with them, who will compete in the triple jump.

But the Azerbaijani athlete Hakim Ibrahimov, who is experienced in these competitions, became the winner in 2016, and even set a competition record in the 800 m run.

– To be honest, I myself only recently found out that I set a record. Literally, I read it on the Internet a month ago (smiles). As for last year, then I competed in the 800 m, and this year I will compete in the 400 m, but if I manage to assemble the relay, I will also participate in it, while we have only two guys.

Representatives of Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Belarus came to us for the first time, and also shared their impressions a little.

– This is an amazing arena, – Nigina Sharipova from Uzbekistan. – There are no such structures where I come from. Therefore, winter is a failure for me.

Foreign athletes share such serious experiences with us, and at the same time admire the fact that it was Ust-Kamenogorsk that opened a second wind for winter starts.

The highlight of our meeting was still the guests from Malaysia Nadia Noor and Kirtana Ramasamy. For these girls, the invitation to take part in International competitions for the prizes of Olga Rypakova became special, if only because the athletes had to fly from warm Kuala Lampur to cold Ust-Kamenogorsk. Everything is new to athletes: the country, the competitions, and even the snow. After all, in the capital of Malaysia, at a temperature of +20 in February, it is unlikely that you will ever see such precipitation.

Kirtana, like Olga Rypakova, performs in the triple jump, and the athlete shared her emotions with the audience.

– We were invited through the coach. And this is very important for us. It was the first time I saw Olympic champion Olga Rypakova live, but I had heard a lot about her. My personal best is 13.31 m, but of course I would really like to break my personal record and show myself.

The second representative of Malaysia, Nadia Noor, will jump in length.

– If luck turns to face me, then I will take the first place, – Nadia expressed hope. – We do not have such arenas in Malaysia, so I will have to perform indoors for the first time in my career. It will be a great experience for me. We knew that it was cold here, and it was very good that the competitions were not held outside (laughs). This is the first time we’ve seen snow, and it’s very interesting for us.

On such a pleasant note, our meeting with foreign representatives ended. Olga Rypakova presented gifts to our guests and took photos with them as a keepsake.

Inna Semenyak

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