The Karaganda athlete won two medals at the Asian Championship

At the Asian Athletics Championships among senior boys and girls, representative of the Karaganda region Alina Chistyakova won two medals. The girl is studying at the college of the Regional specialized boarding School-the College of the Olympic Reserve named after A. Moldagulova.

International competitions were held in Kuwait. Athletes from 30 countries of the world took part in them.

Alina Chistyakova became the first in the heptathlon. In the high jump, the athlete won silver.

– We congratulate Alina and her coach Svetlana Kazanina on an excellent performance at the Asian Championship. Four athletes from our region participated in the continental championship. The other guys also showed good results. The national team of Kazakhstan took the fifth team place at this championship – three gold, three silver and one bronze. It's nice that our Alina made her contribution to the medal standings," said Andrey Ageev, senior athletics coach of the Karaganda region.

According to the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Karaganda region