Athletes from Specialized Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve No. 2 will represent Shymkent at the national Youth Games, which will take place from June 19 to 21 in the Almaty region at the Olympic Training Center stadium.
In the athletics competitions at the national Youth Games, the Shymkent team will be one of the largest. All of its participants represent the local Specialized Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve No. 2 for athletics and cycling:
Bogdan Goncharov – 100 m, 110 m hurdles, 4x100 m;
Arseniy Sarkisov – 200 m, 4x100 m;
Erkinboy Dauletov – 800 m;
Davronbek Taynazarov – 5000 m, 10000 m;
Ruslan Ishmetov – decathlon;
Anatoliy Lyutsko – 4x100 m, high jump;
Dilshot Kudratulayev – 4x100 m, 4x400 m;
Dmitriy Kalashnikov – 4x100 m, 110 m hurdles;
Roman Konoshenko – 4x100 m, long jump;
Azizbek Saidganiyev – 4x400 m, 3000 m steeplechase;
Yevgeniy Kulabukhov – high jump;
Vadim Pesotskiy – shot put, discus throw;
Kemran Srailov – hammer throw;
Gleb Gladilov – triple jump, long jump;
Darkhan Asetkhanuly – 20000 m race walk;
Zharylkasin Egizbay – 20000 m race walk;
Polina Kuzubova – heptathlon;
Angelina Volodkina – 100 m, 100 m hurdles;
Akbilek Kuralbay – 1500 m, 3000 m steeplechase;
Angelina Poltinova – shot put, heptathlon;
Ekaterina Avdeenko – shot put, long jump;
Tomiris Yermatova – discus throw, hammer throw.
What’s especially impressive is that Shymkent will be represented in almost all disciplines of the large athletics competition program. These include numerous running events, both hurdle races and steeplechase, as well as relays. Shymkent athletes will also compete in all throwing events – discus, javelin, hammer, and shot put. There will be participants in race walking, men's decathlon, and women's heptathlon. In addition, the team includes triple jump, long jump, and high jump. The only event not represented is pole vault.
The team also has its own stars. For example, 20-year-old Akbilek Kuralbay. In 2023, she won a silver medal in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Asian Junior Championships. In February 2025, at the 34th Kazakhstan Indoor Championships, Akbilek took second place in the flat 3000 meters, finishing behind current Asian champion Daisy Jepkemey. At the national indoor youth championships, she won both the 3000 meters and the 2000-meter steeplechase.
By the way, at the 34th Kazakhstan Indoor Championships, another 20-year-old Shymkent athlete, Ekaterina Avdeenko, won the combined events. At the Youth Games, she will compete in shot put and long jump.
There are also younger athletes in the Shymkent team who, despite their youth, will already compete at the Youth Games. For example, Polina Kuzubova, winner of the April Asian Youth Athletics Championship in Saudi Arabia in the heptathlon.
In short, Specialized Youth Sports School No. 2 is ready to defend the sporting honor of Shymkent.
In the photo: Athletes from Shymkent’s Specialized Youth Sports School No. 2.
