Ridder Secures Victory in the East Kazakhstan Cross-Country Championship
The competitions were held under unpleasant weather conditions. Strong winds kicked up clouds of dust on the dirt tracks of the local ski base where the championship took place. Combined with the challenging terrain, simply finishing the race from start to finish was a victory in itself. Unfortunately, not everyone succeeded. Even the famous marathon runner from Ridder, Andrey Leimenov, was unable to complete the 12 km race due to a back injury. Athletes from Ridder secured a convincing victory, long having monopolized the stayers’ distances in the region. They claimed seven out of fourteen possible gold medals! Moldir Seitkhanova and Tatyana Druzhina, who finished back-to-back in the 2 km race, met the Candidate for Master of Sports (CMS) standard. Across all categories, they were the only athletes to achieve this. Ust-Kamenogorsk took second place in the unofficial medal standings, while Semey secured third place. In total, representatives from 11 different settlements across East Kazakhstan won medals. EAST KAZAKHSTAN CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP IN MEMORY OF A. N. TRUNOV 500M RUN. Boys (born 2003 and younger, 52 participants): Assylbek Kazhmukan (Urjar) – 1:29.2 Bota Kumarov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 1:30.4 Ilyas Isabek (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 1:30.6 Girls (born 2003 and younger, 38 participants): Olga Pulyaeva (Ridder) – 1:27.4 Valeria Babina (Ridder) – 1:34.7 Arina Gladysheva (Ridder) – 1:36.2 Girls (born 2001-2002, 31 participants): Regina Mitrofanova (Ridder) – 1:20.3 Natalya Nurakhmetova (Semey) – 1:21.6 Alexandra Bochkareva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 1:23.4 1KM RUN. Boys (born 2001-2002, 28 participants): Dmitry Byvshev (Glubokoe) – 2:55.6 Dmitry Salnikov (Cheremshanka) – 3:01.3 Erlyk Erkenbekov (Ushanovo) – 3:01.6 Men (21 participants): Dulat Bakhytbekov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 2:48.9 Vlad Golikov (Pervomaika) – 2:49.4 Anatoly Zhuchok (Urjar) – 2:49.9 Women (11 participants): Alina Savelyeva (Ridder) – 3:15.8 Sabina Manabaeva (Urjar) – 3:25.7 Tamara Andrianova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 3:43.2 2KM RUN. Boys (born 1999-2000, 29 participants): Erbolat Tashmanov (Ridder) – 6:44.1 Alexander Miroshnichenko (Pervomaika) – 6:45.1 Vladimir Klein (Semey) – 6:48.1 Girls (born 1999-2000, 16 participants): Larisa Pereverzeva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8:22.4 Arina Sayfullina (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 8:23.5 Svetlana Andreyko (Tarkhanka) – 8:31.3 Girls (born 1997-98, 8 participants): Moldir Seitkhanova (Ridder) – 6:21.9 Tatyana Druzhina (Ridder) – 6:27.5 Yulia Lopatina (Belousovka) – 8:23.9 4KM RUN. Boys (born 1997-98, 9 participants): Sergey Unzhakov (Ridder) – 15:08.3 Danil Sporygin (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 15:26.5 Akhat Kanataev (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 14:31.6 6KM RUN. Girls (born 1995-96, 5 participants): Yulia Ryabtseva (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 30:27.0 Tatyana Ekimova (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 32:17.1 Tannur Sersenhankyzy (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 35:00.0 8KM RUN. Boys (born 1995-96, 4 participants): Eduard Vasilyev (Ridder) – 25:33.8 Adilbek Serikbek (Semey) – 25:37.4 Nikita Kuznetsov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 26:28.9 Women (3 participants): Karlygash Samyzhan (Semey) – 38:50.92 Tatyana Maximova (Shemonaikha) – 48:30.3 Evgeniya Savchenko (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 50:04.0 12KM RUN. Men (9 participants): Amir Baitukanov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 44:19.1 Berzhan Sagatbek (Semey) – 44:54.3 Eldos Mukhametov (Semey) – 46:33.3 Source: vksport.kz