East Kazakhstan Athletes Win Seven Medals at International Tournament in Tashkent
The competition took place in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on March 3-4. The most successful among our athletes was Evgeniy Arkhipov, who won two gold medals: first in the individual 400m race with a time of 51.77s, and later as part of the 4x400m relay team. Alongside two athletes from Karaganda, Arkhipov was joined in the relay by another Ust-Kamenogorsk native, Kazakhstan champion Zhandos Kumarbekov.
In February of this year, the EKR (East Kazakhstan Region) team set a national record in this relay, and that record remained unbroken in Tashkent. This was likely due to a lack of intense competition—the Kazakhstani team finished more than 3 seconds ahead of their nearest rivals from Uzbekistan. In the individual 400m race, Arkhipov also didn’t need to push for a season best, finishing in Tashkent with a time more than a second slower than his peak performance at the home national championship.
Another gold medal was secured by high jumper Nadezhda Dubovitskaya from Semey, for whom this start was a true breakthrough. Her main goal this season was to clear the 180cm bar. Three previous home starts had been unsuccessful—each time she came very close, but the bar would eventually fall. There was even talk of a “psychological block” regarding this specific height. Finally, what this beautiful athlete had been striving for became a reality in Uzbekistan. Furthermore, she didn’t stop at 180cm and cleared 183cm on her first attempt, though she couldn’t progress further. The lack of real competition also played a part—the Asian Championship bronze medalist outperformed her nearest competitor by 13cm.
Silver medals were brought home to the East Kazakhstan Region by Moldir Seitkhanova (Ridder) in the 1500m, Vladislav Sutyagin (Glubokoye) and Timur Parygin (Semey) in the 4x200m relay, Miras Kaidarov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) in the 60m hurdles, and Varvara Nazarova, a javelin thrower from Ust-Kamenogorsk who was forced to compete in the shot put during the winter season.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
60 M RUN. Juniors (32 participants):
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Zhaloliddin Khamrokulov (Uzbekistan) – 7.06
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Viktor RYABOV (Kazakhstan) – 7.08
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Dmitry Zagoskin (Kyrgyzstan) – 7.12 …11. Timur PARYGIN (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 7.3 …23. Miras KAIDAROV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 7.68
200 M RUN. Juniors (27 participants):
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Grigory Derepaskin (Tajikistan) – 23.03
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Zhaloliddin Khamrokulov (Uzbekistan) – 23.06
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Viktor RYABOV (Kazakhstan) – 23.29 …5. Vladislav SUTYAGIN (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 23.85 …26. Timur PARYGIN (Kazakhstan, EKR) – DNF
400 M RUN. Juniors (15 participants):
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Evgeniy ARKHIPOV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 51.77
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Abbos Nurillaev (Uzbekistan) – 52.304
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Shokhrukh Baratov (Uzbekistan) – 52.309 …7. Vladislav SUTYAGIN (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 53.83 …10. Zhandos KUMARBEKOV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 53.35
800 M RUN. Juniors (13 participants):
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Duman GABDYGALIYEV (Kazakhstan) – 1:56.5
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Abbos Nurillaev (Uzbekistan) – 1:58.24
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Golib Tokhirzhonov (Uzbekistan) – 2:00.00 …5. Evgeniy ARKHIPOV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 2:01.13 …7. Sergey UNZHAKOV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 2:00.88
1500 M RUN. Junior Women (7 participants):
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Muattar Baratova (Uzbekistan) – 4:50.42
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Moldir SEITKHANOVA (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 4:55.77
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Mekhrantet Nazarova (Tajikistan) – 4:55.81
3000 M RUN. Junior Women (4 participants):
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Muattar Baratova (Uzbekistan) – 10:32.56
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Marzhona Baratova (Uzbekistan) – 10:40.55
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Mekhrantez Nazarova (Tajikistan) – 10:43.67
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Moldir SEITKHANOVA (Kazakhstan) – 11:07.55
60 M HURDLES. Youth (7 participants):
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Alexander Stepanov (Uzbekistan) – 8.39
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Miras KAIDAROV (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 8.51
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Nikita KULIKOV (Kazakhstan) – 8.77
4×200 M RELAY. Juniors (4 teams):
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Uzbekistan – 1:33.43
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Kazakhstan (Roman Kondrashov, Vladislav SUTYAGIN, Viktor Ryabov, Timur PARYGIN) – 1:33.92
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Tajikistan – 1:34.00
4×400 M RELAY. Juniors (4 teams):
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Kazakhstan (Evgeniy ARKHIPOV, Roman Kondrashov, Zhandos KUMARBEKOV, Duman Gabdygaliyev) – 3:25.69
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Uzbekistan – 3:28.87
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Kyrgyzstan – 3:30.77
HIGH JUMP. Junior Women (12 participants):
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Nadezhda DUBOVITSKAYA (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 183
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Alina Yablokova (Uzbekistan) – 165
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Alexandra Yurkenskaya (Uzbekistan) – 160
SHOT PUT. Junior Women (2 participants):
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Farida Khakimova (Uzbekistan) – 12.92
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Varvara NAZAROVA (Kazakhstan, EKR) – 10.77
Alexey Gubanov, based on materials from yk.kz.

