Rowers of Karaganda region won six medals at the Asian Championships in China

In China, in the city of Shenyang, at the Asian Rowing Championships, Temirtau residents of the Kazakh national team showed excellent results, winning six medals. In total, seven athletes represented the Karaganda region in China. They competed in two age categories: U19 – boys under 19 and U23 – juniors.

– Competitions in Shenyang are always held at a very high level. Championships have been held there for 100 years. Therefore, we did not have any difficulties related to organizational or everyday aspects," says Vladimir Belonogov, senior rowing coach of the Karaganda region.

The main rivals for our rowers were athletes from Uzbekistan and Vietnam. According to the senior coach, China did not field the main team at the championship, which slightly reduced the competition for participants from other countries. According to the results of all competitions, Batyr Madiev and Dmitry Anupriev won gold in the swing double. Silver went to Athena and Varvara Belonogov as part of the girls' foursome. The Belonogova sisters and Tamara Pervushkina also won silver in the women's eight. Tamara Pervushkina also won a bronze medal in the girls' singles.

Semyon Pervushkin, Batyr Madiev and Dmitry Anupriev won another bronze medal in the doubles four. Alexey Krasnovsky, who competed in the men's eight, won the third bronze medal.

– As a coach, I am more than satisfied with the results. We have once again shown that we can raise champions who defeat strong rivals on the world stage. And, of course, the fact that we, the Karaganda region, took the only gold in the national team speaks for itself," Vladimir Belonogov notes.