В ДКМ прошла встреча главы ВКО со спортивной общественностью региона
A meeting of the East Kazakhstan Region (EKR) head with the regional sports community was held at the DKM. Honored guests of the ceremony included Sergey Nemchinov, the silver medalist in hockey at the Nagano-1998 Olympics, and Anatoly Kulnazarov, Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan.
Danial Akhmetov spoke about upcoming innovations in the region’s sports life.
In particular, a specialized school for weightlifting will be organized in Ust-Kamenogorsk. According to the regional head, this school will become an excellent reserve for the National Team.
In the near future, emphasis will be placed on developing six sports: hockey, athletics, martial arts, winter sports, water sports, and one team sport, which has not yet been determined.
Scholarships from the EKR akim were awarded to 38 athletes – medalists and winners of international competitions: Olga Rypakova, wrestling Asian champion Rasul Kaliev, freestyle skiers Pavel Kolmakov, Dmitry Reicherd, and Yulia Galysheva, skiers Alexey Poltoranin, Anna Stoyan, Viktoria Lanchakova, Alexander Malyshev, Anastasia Slonova, world sambo champion Zere Bektaskyzy, biathletes Vasily Podkorytov and Galina Vishnevskaya, Alexander Kulikov – Kazakhstan champion in canoe slalom, Polina Mikhailova – bronze medalist of the Asian Games in handball, and judokas Dastan Ykybaev and Yerkebulan Kosaev, wrestling Asian champion Rasul Kaliev. Scholarships range from 150,000 tenge to 1 million tenge depending on sports achievements.
According to the EKR akimat, 3,132 sports facilities operate in East Kazakhstan for physical education and sports. Currently, work is underway in the region to develop 88 sports.
Source: yk.kz
