BALANDIN, VINOKUROV, MELNICHENKO AND TEN HAVE BECOME THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF “ALMATY MARATHON”

The famous Kazakhstan sportsmen – Yuriy Melnichenko, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Dmitriy Balandin and Valikhan Ten – have become the members of the Supervisory Board of the Corporate Fund “Bravery to be the First” — the organizer of “Almaty Marathon”. The Chairman of the Fund Supervisory Board Galimzhan Yessenov informed about this.

- We think that the victories and records of all four sportsmen will become good stimulus for all, who lead the healthy life style in our country and those who are not involved in sports yet. We applied to these sportsmen with the offer to become a member of the Supervisory Board, told about marathon and other planned competitions. Aleksandr Vinokurov ran the marathon for several times. He together with his colleagues spurred on the desire for helping to the largest racing event of the region and to reach the new level, attract more participants, accepted our offer with great pleasure, — explained Yessenov.

Yuriy Melnichenko is the Kazakhstan Greco-Roman Wrestler, trainer, two-time champion of Asia (1996, 1997), two-time champion of the world (1994, 1997), champion of the Olympic Games (1996). 

Aleksandr Vinokurov  is the Kazakhstan professional bicycle racer, the winner of Spanish Vuelta (2006) and the Olympic Games Champion (2012) in group races, the honored sport master of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1994). 

Dmitriy Balandin is the Kazakhstan swimmer, the champion of the Olympic Games (2016), three-time champion of the Asian Games (2014), the winner of the Universiade (2015). 

Valikhan Ten is the master of sports in bench-pressing, the master of sports in powerlifting of WPC Federation, the champion of the World, Europe and Asia in powerlifting, Candidate Master of Sports in bodybuilding.

— We are very happy that such famous sportsmen joined our team. I am sure that together with them we will attract even more race lovers at the seventh “Almaty Marathon” on April 22, 2018. The entry fees of the participants will be directed to 3 specialized child-care centers: the first child  hospice for children with oncology  “I am with You”, residential school №2  for children with muscle-skeleton disorders and residential school №6 for children with the intellectual disturbances of development. Under their requests, children playgrounds, football field will be constructed on the territories of these institutions, we will also purchase the sports equipment, — explained the Executive Director of “Almaty Marathon” Saltanat Kazybayeva.

For 6 years of “Almaty Marathon” holding 11 large-scale charitable projects connected with rehabilitation and support of children with special needs have been implemented. More than 46 million tenge has been spent for implementation of the projects. Just this year 1 500 children from 5 residential schools and day-care centers received help from “Almaty Marathon”: the football field, climbing wall have been constructed, ballet room and sensory room have been opened, the physical therapy classes have been equipped with special training devices and rehabilitation equipment, various sports equipment has been purchased. For its charitable activity the team of “Almaty Marathon” was awarded this year with the National Award in the Field of Charity “Altyn Zhurek”.