Yesterday, a flag-raising ceremony was held in Taipei at the Universiade Sports Village. Athletes from different countries came to compete in different sports (21 types). In the general schedule of the Universiade, athletics competitions will be held from August 23 to 28.
The Kazakh national team, which is going to Taipei, includes twenty-five athletes representing the city of Almaty and eight regions of Kazakhstan. Track and field athletes are leaving partially, the first to arrive were Victoria Zyabkina, Georgy Sheiko and Polina Repina, these athletes arrived early on August 15, immediately after the World Cup, together with the head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan Grigory Egorov and the sports director of the Athletics Federation Alexander Koshcheev. The rest of the athletes will arrive on August 20-21.
Just the same, four athletes from East Kazakhstan Region included in the list of participants of the Universiade will fly out tomorrow evening. Recall that Oryngul Zkrienova will compete in the 100 m hurdles, Varvara Nazarova in the javelin throw, as well as Elina Mikhina in the 400 m and Imanmadi Kusmanov in the 800 m. Contacting the athletes, shortly before their departure, it became known that not all athletes are feeling well, namely Oryngul Zkrienova. The girl told us that in early August she had to face health problems, and for about a week Oryngul could not fully train, but fortunately, now the athlete’s condition has improved.
There are only four days left before the start of the athletics competition, and we are looking forward to hearing from our athletes from the capital of Taiwan.
Inna Semenyak
