Olga Rypakova Concluded Her Season in Brussels
Six athletes competed in the women’s triple jump sector: Ibargüen from Colombia, Ekaterina Koneva from Russia, world vice-champion Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko from Israel, Kimberly Williams from Jamaica, Gabriela Petrova from Bulgaria, and, of course, Olga Rypakova. Besides the touching moments of saying goodbye to another summer season, many athletes in Brussels faced purely competitive objectives. Olga Rypakova, for instance, certainly aimed to defend her second-place standing in the overall Diamond League rankings. The 2012 London Olympic Champion could not climb any higher—Colombian Caterine Ibargüen had secured the top spot long before the final and could afford not to compete at all or jump at half-strength. However, the battle for the remaining two positions in the top three promised to be fierce. To displace Rypakova from her position, her closest pursuer and world season leader Ekaterina Koneva of Russia needed to win the stage and hope that our star compatriot would finish lower than second. Olga “helped” Koneva with the second part of that plan. A dip in form at the end of the season, compounded by a back injury, took its toll. Her first attempt was a foul, but after a second jump of 14.23m, Rypakova moved into second place for the stage behind Ibargüen, who had jumped only 3 cm further. She maintained this position after the third jump. However, past the halfway point, the competitors’ results began to improve sharply. Olga delivered her best jump in the final attempts—14.26m. We are no longer surprised by this, knowing Rypakova’s character, which allows her to find extra strength and improve at the decisive moment. The 14.26m jump earned Olga only fifth place in the final protocol, which suited Koneva perfectly. However, the Russian athlete failed to fulfill her own part of the plan. With a best effort of 14.37m, she fell 23 centimeters short of Caterine Ibargüen, who won yet another Diamond League stage. Following the season results, the Colombian took first place with 28 points. Trailing by 21 points, Rypakova finished second overall, while Ekaterina Koneva took third place with 6 points. XIV Diamond League Stage. Triple Jump. Women: Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) – 14.6 Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (Israel) – 14.42 Ekaterina Koneva (Russia) – 14.37 …5. Olga RYPAKOVA (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 14.26 Source: vksport.kz
Zkrienova’s Another “Hat-trick”
Special attention from athletics experts and specialists was focused on two participants of the Asian Championship: Oryngul Zkrienova and Nadezhda Dubovitskaya. The latter, as a reminder, managed to win a bronze medal at the continental championship, so no one expected anything but a victory from the Semey-born athlete. Dubovitskaya did not disappoint her fans and coaches, jumping 165 cm. This result, while not her personal best, can be attributed to the fact that she tackled the last two heights alone, which often leads to fatigue and a lack of incentive for further progress. Veta Kharitonova from Ust-Kamenogorsk, who took second place, trailed the Asian Championship bronze medalist by 10 cm. Zkrienova made her competitive debut after a serious injury. Unfortunately, the damage prevented her from attending the World Youth Championships, so Oryngul enters the new season not only seeking to regain her form but possessed by a fierce desire for a rematch with fate. This means she will be relentless in upcoming starts—she has clearly missed the track, the competition, and the whistle of the wind in her ears during her four-month hiatus! Her first “victims” were her rivals in the 60m, 200m, and 60m hurdles. The fact that she faced a limited number of competitors in these disciplines was certainly not her problem. Among the young men, Timur Parygin from Semey was unrivaled in the sprints, winning both the 60m and 200m distances. For the most part, Timur was competing against himself. For instance, in the 60m preliminary heats, he clocked 7.36 seconds. The question was whether he could improve that time in the final. While he didn’t surpass it, he didn’t lose either, recording the exact same seconds and hundredths. Oleg Orlov from Ust-Kamenogorsk put up a great fight against Parygin in the final, falling short of first place by just a fraction of a second. Both will surely be invited to the autumn Kazakhstan Championship. Surprisingly, the only discipline to rival the sprints in terms of mass participation was the boys’ 1500m race. Eight athletes competed for the first-place title, with Alexander Lukyanov from Ridder emerging as the strongest. He finished a solid 5 seconds ahead of the runner-up, leaving the rest of the field even further behind. EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP Age Category: born 1998-1999 60M RUN. Girls (10 participants): Oryngul Zkrienova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8.27 Anastasia Sauer (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8.56 Aida Eskalieva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8.63 Boys (8 participants): Timur Parygin (Semey) – 7.36 Oleg Orlov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 7.37 Semyon Pilyugin (Novaya Bukhtarma) – 7.89 200M RUN. Girls (4 participants): Oryngul Zkrienova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 26.97 Anastasia Plakhotina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 28.9 Darya Merlina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 30.63 Boys (6 participants): Timur Parygin (Semey) – 23.72 Oleg Orlov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 23.94 Rustem Kartaev (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 24.7 400M RUN. Girls (1 participant): Viktoria Baranova (Beskaragay) – 1:14.56 Boys (4 participants): Zhandos Kumarbekov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 53.59 Amir Mamarbekov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 53.71 Eduard Horst (Semey) – 57.1 1500M RUN. Girls (4 participants): Moldir Seitkhanova (Ridder) – 5:03.33 Tatyana Druzhina (Ridder) – 5:05.26 Anastasia Shuklina (Beskaragay) – 6:45.6 Boys (8 participants): Alexander Lukyanov (Ridder) – 4:25.83 Sabyrzhan Akabaev (Semey) – 4:31.96 Vladimir Klein (Semey) – 4:33.73 60M HURDLES. Girls (5 participants): Oryngul Zkrienova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 9.02 Erika Kem (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 9.56 Aida Eskalieva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 9.78 Boys (3 participants): Ilyas Kadyrov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8.88 Miras Kaidarov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 9.01 Georgy Ermolov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 10.0 3000M RACE WALK. Girls (1 participant): Viktoria Drozhzhina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 17:29.42 HIGH JUMP. Girls (4 participants): Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (Semey) – 165 Veta Kharitonova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 155 Anastasia Plakhotina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 150 Boys (1 participant): Georgy Ermolov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 170 LONG JUMP. Girls (3 participants): Veta Kharitonova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 5.03 Darya Merlina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 4.23 Azhar Madieva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 4.1 Boys (4 participants): Ivan Dmitriev (Semey) – 6.51 Semyon Pilyugin (Novaya Bukhtarma) – 6.19 Vasily Borisevich (Semey) – 5.71 TRIPLE JUMP. Girls (1 participant): Azhar Madieva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8.42 Boys (3 participants): Vasily Borisevich (Semey) – 12.77 Ivan Dmitriev (Semey) – 12.33 Miras Kaidarov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 12.1 SHOT PUT. Girls (3 participants): Erika Kem (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 12.51 Dinara Sharimanova (Semey) – 9.81 Elena Larionova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 7.85 Boys (3 participants): Artur Gafner (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 14.31 Sayat Assylkhanov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 11.18 Konstantin Skrynnik (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 10.93 Source: vksport.kz
Young Hopes of East Kazakhstan Athletics
East Kazakhstan Region Championship: Day 1 Results The women’s 60m sprint was marked by a fierce rivalry between Anastasia Zavodina and Alexandra Egorina. The two Oskemen-based athletes competed with equal dedication in both the heats and the final. In the first round, Egorina had the upper hand, demonstrating excellent reaction time and exploding out of the blocks. Zavodina, who had a slower start, did everything she could to catch up, but the distance was too short. Alexandra’s final lead was a mere 0.05 seconds! The final was even more spectacular. This time, Zavodina left the blocks simultaneously with Egorina. Both athletes ran neck-and-neck until the finish line, where only a photo finish could determine the winner. Anastasia took the gold, beating her rival by a tiny margin of 0.01 seconds! However, if we calculate the total time spent by both athletes across the two races, Egorina still holds the overall advantage. Among the men, Semei’s Dmitry Panin emerged as a local “Usain Bolt,” leaving no chance for his rivals in every event he entered. He became a three-time regional champion, winning the 60m, 200m, and 400m races! No other sprinter could boast such consistency, as the runners-up were different in all three cases: Kartaev, Aksyutin, and Terentyev. Thus, Panin became the most decorated athlete of the championship’s first day. The long-distance events of the first day were dominated by athletes from Ridder. Yerbulat Tashmanov won the 1500m race, with Alexey Andryushchenkov taking second place (both finished just one second apart). In the women’s category, their fellow citizen Regina Mitrofanova took first place. A pleasant surprise was the high level of competition in the women’s 60m hurdles. While Nurbota Bogembaeva was previously the undisputed leader, her dominance was challenged on Friday: Svetlana Malezhina lost to the favorite by only 0.01 seconds! We hope this is just the beginning of a rivalry that will benefit both athletes. Overall, following all the events of the first competition day for this age category, the Oskemen team took first place with 12 gold medals. Athletes from Semei won five disciplines, and Ridder’s representatives reached the top of the podium twice. EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP Age Category: Born 2000-2002 60 M RUN. Girls (37 participants): Anastasia Zavodina (Oskemen) – 8.43 Alexandra Egorina (Oskemen) – 8.44 Irina Skripnikova (Semei) – 8.79 Boys (18 participants): Dmitry Panin (Semei) – 7.77 Ramiz Kartaev (Oskemen) – 7.91 Vladimir Feshchenko (Glubokoye) – 7.91 200 M RUN. Girls (26 participants): Diana Rogacheva (Oskemen) – 28.3 Anastasia Zubenko (Oskemen) – 28.45 Elizaveta Buluchevskaya (Oskemen) – 29.2 Boys (19 participants): Dmitry Panin (Semei) – 24.68 Alexander Aksyutin (Oskemen) – 24.99 Vladimir Feshchenko (Glubokoye) – 25.96 400 M RUN. Girls (10 participants): Anastasia Shablovskaya (Semei) – 1:05.95 Angelina Malkova (Oskemen) – 1:06.12 Valeria Kuzylyak (Semei) – 1:08.46 Boys (14 participants): Dmitry Panin (Semei) – 54:52 Nazar Terentyev (Ridder) – 57.22 Roman Gritsay (Ridder) – 58.22 1500 M RUN. Girls (3 participants): Regina Mitrofanova (Ridder) – 5:17.02 Evgenia Borodulina (Oskemen) – 5:42.93 Kristina Orazbekova (Kurchum) – 6:52.67 Boys (6 participants): Yerbulat Tashmanov (Ridder) – 4:42.13 Alexey Andryushchenko (Ridder) – 4:43.67 Yuliy Filippov (Beskaragai) – 5:02.62 60 M HURDLES. Girls (5 participants): Nurbota Bogembaeva (Oskemen) – 9.84 Svetlana Malezhina (Oskemen) – 9.85 Elizaveta Buluchevskaya (Oskemen) – 10.49 Boys (2 participants): Ramiz Kartaev (Oskemen) – 9.26 Lev Lagutin (Oskemen) – 10.64 RACE WALKING. 3000 M. Girls (3 participants): Aitelya Konabekova (Oskemen) – 17:35.03 Olga Laboda (Oskemen) – 18:01.21 Anastasia Cheshuina (Oskemen) – 18:23.43 HIGH JUMP. Girls (3 participants): Elizaveta Matveeva (Oskemen) – 1.55 Svetlana Malezhina (Oskemen) – 1.35 Boys (4 participants): Akylzhan Toktagalin (Oskemen) – 1.65 Andrey Lavrushenko (Semei) – 1.60 Sergey Olenich (Semei) – 1.50 POLE VAULT. Boys (1 participant): Arman Kenesbek (Oskemen) – 3.0 LONG JUMP. Girls (7 participants): Elizaveta Matveeva (Oskemen) – 4.56 Polina Pokladova (Oskemen) – 4.51 Kristina Kharitonova (Oskemen) – 4.40 Boys (9 participants): Andrey Lavrushenko (Semei) – 5.13 Arman Kenisbek (Oskemen) – 4.95 Roman Pilyugin (Novaya Bukhtarma) – 4.78 TRIPLE JUMP. Girls (2 participants): Kristina Kharitonova (Oskemen) – 9.92 Margarita Bogomolova (Semei) – 9.47 SHOT PUT. Girls (5 participants): Daria Demchenko (Oskemen) – 9.31 Veronika Bakanova (Glubokoye) – 8.41 Anastasia Kaloshina (Oskemen) – 8.36 Boys (3 participants): Danil Dzhinikashvili (Oskemen) – 10.88 Pavel Belogortsev (Oskemen) – 10.38 Dmitry Lukichev (Oskemen) – 9.39 Source: vksport.kz
Program of the East Kazakhstan Cross Country Championships
East Kazakhstan Championship Schedule: September 11-12
Zyryanovsk District Open Athletics Tournament for junior boys (born 2000-2001 and 2002 or younger)The Zyryanovsk District Open Athletics Tournament among junior boys (born 2000-2001, 2002 and younger), dedicated to Sports Day, was held from August 20 to 21, 2015.
The Zyryanovsk District Open Athletics Tournament among junior boys (born 2000-2001, 2002 and younger), dedicated to Sports Day, was held from August 20 to 21, 2015.
Schedule of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Open Championship, August 28-29, 2015
Just a centimeter shy of silver
Twelve female athletes from ten countries competed in the final of the world championship. Olga Rypakova’s performance could be described as a rollercoaster. In the competition protocol, her position changed drastically from one attempt to another. However, her character, will to win, and self-belief allowed our “prima” to leave the Chinese capital with a medal around her neck. In the first attempt, many leaders of the world season achieved only symbolic results. For instance, the Russian athlete Koneva, who has a result over 15m this season, showed only 14.01m, while Ibarguen from Colombia did not even reach the 14.5m mark. Rypakova was no exception, recording 14.23m, which placed her in an intermediate third place. Unexpectedly, Gabriela Petrova from Bulgaria took the lead with a jump of 14.52m. As subsequent events showed, this was far from the limit. The events in the next two attempts became truly intense. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko “flew” to 14.78m, setting an Israeli record, while Ibarguen showed who the boss was in the sector with a result of 14.8m, which already guaranteed her the gold medal. Rypakova, meanwhile, made two consecutive fouls and barely qualified for the final three jumps, sitting in seventh place in the standings. By this point, even Kimberly Williams from Jamaica and Kristin Gierisch from Germany had managed to overtake our athlete. There was a genuine fear for the final result. But after three jumps, it was as if someone had pressed the gas pedal in Olga’s mind. In her very next jump, she recorded 14.59m! For the first time this season, Rypakova managed to overcome the psychologically important 14.5m barrier. From there, things only got better, even despite a foul in her fifth jump. However, the fear did not subside, as Petrova was serious about creating a sensation and winning a medal, “leaping” to 14.66m in her fifth jump! The Bulgarian athlete had never jumped that far in her entire career! And it was during this “benefit performance” by Petrova that Olga Rypakova had to step up. Only character remained to be relied upon. And it did not fail, coupled with a sense of freedom. In her very last jump, the Olympic Champion achieved the necessary result – 14.77m! The result was both good, as it allowed her to overtake Petrova and take third place, and bittersweet, as it was only 1 cm shorter than the result of the silver medalist, Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko. But a medal is a medal, and it is another reason to be proud of and admire our prima, for to win this award, she had to overcome a great deal. Perhaps even too much. Source: vksport.kz
Open Doors Da
On August 29, 2015, the Olga Rypakova Athletics Center will host an “Open Doors Day” event dedicated to “Sports Day” and the “Constitution Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan.” The goal of this event is to fulfill the mandate of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Mangilik El 2050” regarding the involvement of 30% of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan in sports. Popularization of athletics in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, involvement of children and adolescents in athletics sections, and promotion of a healthy lifestyle. In this regard, we invite all physical education teachers and children to take an active part.
Olga Rypakova advanced to the World Championship final
In total, more than 2,000 athletes from 201 countries will compete at the World Championships in Beijing. Forty-seven sets of medals will be contested, and the top eight athletes in each discipline will receive prize money from the IAAF organizers. Thus, each champion will become $60,000 richer. Olga Rypakova’s opponents consisted of 27 athletes from various countries around the world. In the triple jump, she was not the only one of our compatriots. The Olympic Champion was joined by Irina Ektova from the North Kazakhstan Region. Unfortunately, she was not destined to reach the final — out of three qualifying attempts, two resulted in fouls. Her only successful jump was mediocre — 13.61 m, which is quite unlike the Ektova who recently achieved jumps over the 14 m mark. Everything is perfectly fine for Rypakova. She did not have to stay in the sector for long — her very first attempt of 14.33 m secured her spot in the World Championship final. Incidentally, the athlete from Ust-Kamenogorsk showed the fourth-best result in the qualification. Better results were only shown by the World Champion Olha Saladukha from Ukraine, the main favorite of this championship Caterine Ibargüen from Colombia, and, in what can be considered a sensation, the Bulgarian jumper Gabriela Petrova with a jump of 14.44 m! Aside from the aforementioned four, the following qualified for the final: Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (Israel), Kimberly Williams and Shanieka Thomas (both from Jamaica), Ekaterina Koneva (Russia), Jeanine Assani Issouf (France), Kristin Gierisch (Germany), and Yosiris Urrutia (Colombia). The triple jump final will take place on August 24 at 17:30. Source: vksport.kz Дереккөз: vksport.kz