Kazakhstani athletes successfully competed at the Asian Rowing and Canoeing Championships. Karaganda athletes have won two medals.

The continental championship was held in the Chinese city of Nanchang. The national team of Kazakhstan took the second place in the team competition, losing only to the hosts of the competition. Our team has won 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals. The Chinese team confidently led from the beginning to the end of the tournament. The Iranian national team took the third place.

Among the winners are representatives of the Karaganda region School of Higher Sports Excellence, pupils of the Olympic Reserve Rowing Sports school in Temirtau - Viktor Stepanov won the silver medal (canoe, 200 m) and Kirill Tubaev the bronze (kayak, mix 4×500 m).

"For us, 12 medals is a good result. The main rivals, as expected, were the Chinese. We won two of the four gold medals at the Olympic distances," said the head coach of the national team, Kaysar Nurmagambetov.

It is worth noting that at the XX anniversary Asian Championship in Nanchang, all 26 athletes of the Kazakhstan national team reached the finals. 340 rowers from 20 countries took part in the competition this year.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda-sport/press/news/details/993721?lang=kk