From April 21 to April 24, the Asian Athletics Championship will be held. For four days in the capital of Qatar, the city of Doha, Kazakhstan’s athletes will compete for victory and prizes in 13 disciplines.
It is important to note that the winners of the Asian Championship qualify for the 2019 World Cup, which, by the way, will also be held in Doha this fall.
According to the head coach of Kazakhstan, Grigory Egorov, 25 athletes joined the national team that will play in the upcoming championship.
The composition of the national team to participate in the 2018 Asian Championships:
Men:
Bodnar Anton (high jump);
Grigoriev Sergey (pole vaulting);
Zems Vitaly (4x100 relay);
Zems Vyacheslav (110 meters with barriers, 4x100 relay);
David Efremov (110 meters with barriers);
Ivanov Ivan (shot put);
Casper Alexander (100 meters, 4x100 relay);
Koblov Dmitry (400 meters with barriers, mix relay 4x400);
Litvin Mikhail (400 meters, mix relay 4x400);
Polyansky Danil (pole-vaulting);
Rusak Sergey (4x100 relay);
Sokolov Andrey (400 meters, mix relay 4x400);
Sutzhanov Damil (100 meters, 4x100 relay).
Women:
Akhmetova Adelina (400 meters with barriers);
Golendova Svetlana (400 meters, mix relay 4x400, relay 4x100);
Dubovitskaya Nadezhda (high jumps);
Kashafutdinova Rimma (100 meters, 4x100 relay);
Lisichkina Varvara (800 meters);
Mikhina Elina (400 meters, mix relay 4x400, relay 4x100);
Margarita Mukasheva (800 meters, mix relay 4x400);
Neroznak Tatiana (3000 meters with obstacles, 1500 meters);
Rypakova Olga (triple jump);
Olga Safronova (100, 200 meters, 4x100 relay);
Shigerazbekova Aigerim (100 meters with barriers, 4x100 relay);
Ektova Irina (triple jump).
At the moment, the team is in Antalya, Turkey at the final preparatory gathering before an important start. TCB will last two weeks until April 18th.
