Athletes of Asian Para Games honored in NKR

Today, the regional Akimat honored our participants of the Asian Para Games, who performed well at the continental championship. Akim of North Kazakhstan region Gauez Nurmukhambetov met with the paraathletes.

North Kazakhstan track and field athletes Sergey Kharlamov, Ivan Zaleznyak and Dmitriy Orlov participated in the national team. The best result was achieved by Ivan Zaleznyak, who won bronze in the shot put, thereby repeating his success at the 2018 Para-Asian Games.

“I thanked our para-athletes and coaches for their perseverance, courage and desire to reach new heights. You are true fighters in life and an inspiration to many people. I am sure that our guys have great prospects in sports ahead; we will hear their names more than once among the winners and prize-winners of prestigious competitions,” the head of the region wrote on social networks.