The III stage of the Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Karagandy

Today in Karaganda, the III stage of the Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan in triathlon at the "standard" distance has been completed. The competition was attended by 13 Elite athletes from Astana, Shymkent, Almaty and the Almaty region. The weather in Karaganda has made its directives in the plans of the athletes - on thermometers there was a mark of 12C. In order to ensure the health of athletes and according to the rules, the chief referee of the competition reduced the distance of the swimming stage by half. So, athletes swam 750 meters instead of 1.5 kilometers.

After 09 minutes and 52 seconds the start was filed, Kirill Rozhkov appeared first from water, then, with a difference of 15 seconds, Semyon Pivovarov (Shymkent) and Georgy Gakhokidze (Almaty) swam out. Athletes went to the bike. But here the athletes were waiting for another surprise - it started to rain.

Just at the beginning of the cycle course, already at the first meters of the distance, the judges recorded falls due to wet asphalt. After this turn of events, not all athletes managed to finish. A member of the national team, champion of Central Asia among juniors - Daryn Konysbayev after three falls could not continue the race for technical reasons. The rest of the athletes went to conquer 40 kilometers.

Semyon Pivovarov completed cycling stage first and managed to significantly break away from the pursuing his group. With a difference of 2 minutes, Sabyrzhan Kossak (Shymkent) and Anuar Turubayev (Almaty) left the second transit zone. Here it should be noted that during the whole bike course, Sabyrzhan Kossak, who swam out of the water among the last, managed to play almost 2 minutes and become one of the leaders of the race. This trio in the same composition was the first to complete the running and arrived to the finish line. Thus, Semyon Pivovarov with a result of 2 hours 00 minutes 56 seconds won the first place. 1 minute and 5 seconds lost to the leader Sabyrzhan Kossak and finished second. Well, the top three winners were closed by Anuar Turubayev, who showed the result 02 hours 04 minutes 30 seconds.

Among the girls of the Elite category who started today, representatives of the triathlon school in our southern capital climbed the pedestal. The highest award with the result of 02 hours 24 minutes 35 seconds was awarded to Gaziza Kumakbayeva, who from the beginning of the competition was leading and did not give her rivals any chance of anticipation. Prize-winning second place was taken by Darya Bychkova, who showed the result 02 hours 26 minutes 39 seconds. "Bronze" went to Aigerim Nurgali, who conquered the distance in 02 hours 41 minutes 58 seconds.

With such results, the pre-final event of the season 2018 for Elite athletes ended. The final protocol of the competition is already available on our website.