KAZAKHSTAN WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN TRIATLON AT ASIAN GAMES

6 September 2018

In Indonesia, the main four-year competition on the Asian continent - the eighteenth summer Asian Games ended. The national team of Kazakhstan took part in 37 types of sports and won 76 various medals: 15 gold, 17 silver and 44 bronze, thereby taking the ninth position in the team rating. Triathlon competitions were held from August 31 to September 01 in Palembang.

In the female category were 22 athletes from 13 countries. Kazakhstan was represented by a member of the national triathlon team - Anastasia Avtushko from Shymkent, who finished in 11th position. The champion of the Asian Games was Yuko Takahashi from Japan with a result of 01 hour 59 minutes 29 seconds, which occupies the 13th position in the ITU world ranking. The second place was taken by the representative of the People's Republic of China, Mengying Zhong, who gave the leader 01 minutes and 37 seconds. The bronze medalist was an athlete from Macau Long Hoi with a final time of 02 hours 01 minute 28 seconds.

Competitions among men turned out to be more productive for Kazakhstan triathlon. 34 athletes from 20 countries came to conquer the “standard” distance, among which were the champion of Kazakhstan of this year, Ayan Beysenbayev (Akmola region) and Maxim Kryat (Astana). According to the results of the competition day, Ayan Beysenbayev won the long-awaited triathlon medal in competitions of such a high level with a result of 01 hour 50 minutes 38 seconds, thereby contributing to the national team success of the country.

“I am very happy that I became a part of such a big sport event. Very pleased with the level of organization. Throughout my stay in Palembang, I felt the full support of volunteers and fans. Of course, like any athlete, I was aiming to win the highest award, but alas, a little was not enough. I had a limping segment of swimming, on which I worked systematically all summer. The result was not long in coming, it swim out of the water among the leaders. Being on the bike course, I already realized that there would be a medal - either gold or silver. But it so happened that the Japanese is ahead. I will be more and harder to train. I think I'll take gold in the next games, ”Ayan Beysenbayev shares his impressions.

The winner of the Asian Games in men's triathlon was the Japanese Jumpei Furuya with a result of 01 hour 49 minutes 43 seconds. The triple of winners was closed by the representative of the People’s Republic of China Minchu Li (Mingxu Li), giving the leader 01 minutes and 6 seconds. Maxim Kryat took the 11th position.


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