Five medals were won by cyclists of the Karaganda region at the Asian Championship

Three athletes from the Karaganda region performed well at the Asian Track Cycling Championships among juniors. Kirill Kurdidi, Ilya Karabutov and Rizvan Beisenbayev won five medals. Three of them are gold.

The competition was held in New Delhi (India). 86 representatives from 27 countries took part in it.

Karaganda participants of the Asian Championship shared their impressions and emotions with journalists and young cyclists at a press conference at the N. Abdirov Sports Palace.

Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan from Temirtau Ilya Karabutov took first place in the team pursuit and became the winner in the omnium discipline. Only self-belief and the struggle with excitement helped the guy to achieve a good result.

– Participated in three races. In one of them he became the fourth. I was very upset, but then I pulled myself together and won the next day," Ilya Karabutov shares. – Five teams participated in the four-kilometer team race. We won the qualification against Korea. And the final race was even seven seconds better than the juniors of Kazakhstan went before. It turns out that the bar has been raised.

Seventeen-year-old Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rizvan Beisenbayev participated in such competitions for the first time. Together with Kirill Kurdidi, he won silver in the team sprint.

– During the preparation for this championship, everyone gave 100%. Therefore, a good result. Although Korea and Malaysia are very strong rivals," says Rizvan Beisenbayev. – When they announced that we had become silver medalists, at first I didn't believe it, and when I realized, of course, I was very happy.

The master of sports of international class in track cycling, the bronze medalist of the World Championship Kirill Kurdidi brought several awards from the competition. The young man became a champion in the gita 1000 m from the spot and a silver medalist in the sprint discipline.

– It so happened that the Asian Championship coincided with my birthday, – says Kirill Kurdidi. – However, I was sued that day. But the next day I won the race and became the champion. It was doubly pleasant to win. Preparations are already underway for the World Cup, which will be held in Israel in August. We have competitive experience, we will adjust and physically prepare. Let's go for the victory!