On February 17, in Ust-Kamenogorsk, on the eve of the III International Athletics Competitions for the prizes of Olympic champion Olga Rypakova, a meeting was held with the organizers of this event and its participants
The press conference was held in a rather warm atmosphere, and we were able to communicate directly with the athletes, ask them questions about their sports careers that interest not only us, and get to know the guests better.
Denis Rypakov, the organizers of this competition, and Olga Rypakova, the 2012 Olympic champion herself, were also present.
Olga expressed her gratitude to the visiting guests, and wished good luck to the athletes, and also answered our correspondent’s questions.
– Olga, tell me, how will this start differ from the previous one? And who is helping you with the organization? And how willing are the partners to get in touch?
– I would like to thank all those who help there. Kazzinc provided us with great support, the Akimat of the East Kazakhstan region, the AirAstana aviation company, Samruk Kazyna. In fact, there are a huge number of people who responded to help us hold these competitions so that they would be colorful and interesting. The difference in the starts may be that new faces, new athletes have arrived. We already have the experience of holding these competitions. We took into account some mistakes, shortcomings in the past, and tried to fix them. The Department of Physical Culture and Sports of East Kazakhstan Region helps us with the organization of the opening – it will be more extensive.
– What makes you take part in the organization of this tournament, because this is a large number of problems that need to be solved very carefully. Where do you get your strength from? Moreover, you are also going to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.
– Why are we doing this? Firstly, so that we in Kazakhstan already have our own international competitions, grand Prix, etc. They are available in every country, and we also want Kazakhstan to have such interesting competitions, where athletes from other countries come. Maybe even promote your country (laughs) so that more people know about us. We get ideas where I perform, Denis Sergeevich and I also go to various competitions, we really like the organization, and the atmosphere in general. She is very positive, very positive, these are not competitions where results and records are required. They just come here to show themselves, to look at others, to compete. It’s a celebration of sports. I also want our country to have such a holiday. We attract as many people as possible. I just want it to be a holiday. Also, to help our athletes financially, this is motivation, because not everyone can travel outside the country.
Inna Semenyak
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