13 sportsmen to represent Kyrgyzstan at Youth Olympic Games in Argentina

Bishkek, Sept. 28, 2018. /Kabar/. The Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018 will soon start in Argentina, officials of the Kyrgyz State Agency for Youth, Physical Culture and Sports told on Friday about who will represent Kyrgyzstan at such a sporting event.

Director of the State Agency Kanat Amankulov told that for the first time such a large delegation - 13 athletes, 7 trainers and 2 representatives is leaving for this tournament.

"Every time our athletes returned with medals from the Youth Olympic Games. At the last games it was silver, at the first games the athletes won both gold, silver and bronze. We hope that you will perform and show the best results. You have a chance to show yourselves on such a large sports forum. In addition to sports programs there are cultural, educational activities. You will find many new friends, given that you are strongly integrated into social networks. This will give way to the future", - he gave the instructions to the ahletes.

In addition, he added that in Argentina there will be a youth forum where the country will be represented by Marzhana Kadyrova. "She submitted an application for participation in the contest herself, it was selected from 70 representatives," he stressed, and then handed the flag of Kyrgyzstan to the captain of the national team - Elmirbek Sadyrov.

Sadyrov is 17 years old, he is a Greco-Roman wrestler, this year he became the bronze medalist of the Asian championship in Uzbekistan. "My coach has been training me for a long time and I express my gratitude to him for this. I set myself the goal of winning gold at the Olympics. I think that I am well prepared. I assess rivals, Armenians and Mexicans are strong,” he said.

At these competitions, the Kyrgyzstanis will participate in the streetball tournament. "Street basketball player" Aidanbek uulu Nurbek, who, by the way, will be a flag carrier in Argentina, told that they were training for games all summer.

"We were at a training camp in Issyk-Kul, we were also training in the city. We played at many competitions. We won took prize places at tournaments held in the country. Before that, I had never went to international games. It is a great honor to get such a chance. I'm a little nervous, but I hope to show the best result. The rivals in our group are from Latvia, Belgium and Kazakhstan. We observe them, the chances are good,” he said.

Team list:

1. Elmirbek Sadyrov, Greco-Roman wrestling;

2. Sultan Zhenishbekov, judo (bronze medalist in the Asian Cup);

3. Shahid Narmukhamedov, judo (second place in the Khan Manas Cup in 2017, was the first in the international tournament in Kazakhstan);

4. Denis Petrashov, swimming (multiple gold medalist of international tournaments);

5. Vladislav Shuliko, swimming (champion of Kyrgyzstan, record holder at distances of 50 and 100 m, silver medalist of the Asian Championships 2017);

6. Ekaterina Tareva, modern pentathlon (won silver at the European Cup among cadets in Tbilisi, took second place at the Asian Championships);

7. Aidar Kenzhebaev, modern pentathlon;

8. The youngest representative is Eva Kadyrova (16 years old), athletics (bronze at the Asian Cup, champion of the KR);

9. Hasan Baudunov, fencing (silver medalist at the Asian Championships in Thailand, Asian champion in the UAE);

Streetball:

10.Syimyk Esenaliev,