About 300 competitors toed “Astana Motors Duathlon” starting line

On June 18, 2017 “Astana Motors Duathlon”, a competition in two sports - race and cycling - was held in Almaty. About 300 sports fans toed the starting line on Sunday morning.

Participants competed in three stages: 4 km of running, 14 km of bike ride on a racing bike and another 4 km of running. At finishing their 22 km the athletes were awarded with “Astana Motors Duathlon” commemorative medals. Competitors who took 1 to 3 places were awarded with pay-outs. The total winners’ pot made up 1 million 920 thousand tenge. According to the combination results the first places on the podium among men (according to their age categories) were taken by Rakhimbayev Almas (18-29 age categories), Tulapin Sergey (30-39 age categories), Yussupov Nuratdin (40-49 age categories) and Kassymkanov Yerbol (age category over 50). Among women the first finishing athletes were Stepanova Yekaterina (18-29 age categories), Shatnaya Yekaterina (30-39 age categories) and Kerimbayeva Nagima (40-49 age categories). All results can be found at Astana Motors Duathlon Results

The competitions coincided with the anniversary of “Astana Motors” company that celebrates 25 years since its foundation. A comparatively brand-new format for Kazakhstan athletes was organized by “Almaty Marathon” for the first time.

“Supporting sports and healthy lifestyle became a good tradition of “Astana Motors” company celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Therefore, a new idea to create something new and interesting has started up, the duathlon, a sports event involving competitions both in running and cycling. After all, both sports are very popular among Almaty residents. Our impressions are the most positive ones, we have managed to hold a spectacular event and we are happy to see that we are moving in the right direction in involvement of all generations of Almaty citizens in city’s sports events”, says Nurlan Smagulov, the President of “Astana Motors”.

“This is a new experience for us not only as for the organizers, but also as for Almaty city sports fans. We have already arranged a lot of racing competitions and “Tour of World Class Almaty” bicycle race. But for the first time we tried to combine these two sports together. We are very pleased that the duathlon has found a response among the amateur athletes, which, in turn, motivates us to further develop cyclic kinds of sports in Kazakhstan”, Saltanat Kazybayeva, “Almaty Marathon” director, shares her impressions.

The Duathlon was held in support of amateur sports development in Kazakhstan assisted by Almaty city Administration, Corporate Fund “Courage to be first” and the Kazakhstan Triathlon Federation.