The Kazakhstan Championship was held in the administrative center of EKR on June 11. Throughout the day, top race walkers and long-distance runners competed on the asphalt of the Slavsky Irtysh Embankment.
The EKR national team, which secured second place in the overall team standings, earned two gold medals. Moldir Seitkhanova shone in the half marathon, although gold in this senior junior category was guaranteed for our team as the real battle took place between two runners from Ridder: Seitkhanova and Tatyana Druzhina. In the end, only 51 seconds separated the champion from the runner-up.
44-year-old Yuri Eger shocked everyone. The athlete from Ust-Kamenogorsk managed to take first place in the full marathon, competing against runners young enough to be his sons! It was a proud moment as the entire men’s marathon podium was occupied by EKR representatives: Amir Baitukanov (Ust-Kamenogorsk) and Eduard Vasilyev (Ridder) took second and third place, respectively.
Future Olympian Irina Smolnikova from Ridder also tested her strength in the half marathon. The athletics star finished with a time of 1:22:53 — a full 8 minutes faster than the junior winners.
RESULTS:
JUNIORS Half Marathon 21.197 km. Boys (6 participants):
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Toshali Alikulov (SKR) — 1:24.53
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Maxim ZUZIN (EKR) — 1:26.08
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Vladimir Bondarenko (SKR) — 1:29.37 …Alexander LUKYANOV (EKR) — DNF
Girls (4 participants):
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Moldir SEITKHANOVA (EKR) — 1:30.05
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Tatyana DRUZHINA (EKR) — 1:30.56
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Madina Kerimova (Almaty Region) — 1:45.51
ADULTS Marathon, 42.195 km. Men (4 participants):
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Yuri EGER (EKR) — 2:41.3
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Amir BAITUKANOV (EKR) — 2:48.56
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Eduard VASILYEV (EKR) — 3:04.39
Women (2 participants):
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Olga Bogomolskaya (Pavlodar Region) — 3:00.00
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Balnura Assylbek (SKR) — 3:31.06
YOUTH Race Walking, 5 km. Boys: 1. Oralbek Moldrassil (SKR) — 29:25.21 Race Walking, 3 km. Girls: 1. Kristina Morozova (NKRs) — 15:44.00 … 4. Anastasia CHESHUINA (EKR) — 16:54.81
Alexey Gubanov Source: vksport.kz
