On the opening day of the Kazakhstan Athletics Championships in Almaty, the strongest in the shot put for women and men were determined. In men’s competitions, Ivan Ivanov was the undisputed leader in this discipline. Unlike the May Cup of Kazakhstan, Ivanov had more rivals at the national championship, which did not affect his performance in any way. Having pushed the projectile 20 meters exactly in the best attempt, Ivanov became the champion of Kazakhstan. His closest pursuer Damir Kasainov from the East Kazakhstan region was almost five meters behind Ivanov, and bronze medalist Dmitry Zozulya from Kostanay was seven meters behind.
– I feel great, everything worked out great for me, good competitions. I was preparing for the championship at home, 20 meters is an excellent result. Last year I had a score of 20.51, so this is my second best result in my career. There were prerequisites already in training that I was ready to show such a result. I pushed, as always, I came out, I didn’t believe what I did, how I did it, the best attempts are not remembered. You just feel it, and only then it lets go, you start to feel tired. Now I will prepare for the Kosanov Memorial, where I definitely need to perform, these are international competitions. Then there will be the Asian Championship and the World University Games,” Ivanov said after his speech.
She won the women’s shot put Ekaterina Nesterova from Karaganda region. In the best attempt, she showed a result of 13.32 meters and was ahead Maria Telushkina from Almaty, who, however, specializes more in discus throwing. Asia Rabayeva, a representative of the Mangystau region, took the third place. A total of 13 athletes competed for medals in this discipline.
Kazakhstan Athletics Championship. June 12th. Almaty, Tsentralny Stadium.
Shot put. Men.
Ivan Ivanov (Almaty region) — 20.00 meters
Damir Kasainov (East Kazakhstan region) — 15.87 meters
Dmitry Zozulya (Kostanay region) — 12.92 meters
Shot put. Women
Ekaterina Nesterova (Karaganda region) — 13.32 meters
Maria Telushkina (Almaty) — 12.95 meters
Asia Rabayeva (Mangystau region) — 12.50 meters
A source: kazathletics.kz
