The best swimmer at a distance of 1 km among men was Dmitriy Khan with the result of 15:25 min and among women Irina Lazareva with the result of 19:15. The fastest for 2 km (the distance was reduced) among men was Kenessary Kenbayev with the result of 12:40 and Galina Rezvantseva among women with the result of 20:03 min. The leader for the longest distance (5 km) was determined after 1:13:32 hour. Such amount of time was sufficient for Vladimir Tolikin to win. Among women 5 km was covered by Yekaterina Shatnaya for a minimum time of 1:44:14 hour. All results of the competition are posted on the Almaty Marathon official web-site.
«The Almaty Marathon Swim Race became one of the annual events that this year has entered the Open Water World Tour series. In 2018, OWWT hosts 8 tournaments - open water competitions in the cities of Italy, Spain, Mexico, the USA, Greece, and now in Kazakhstan. Winners of our Swimming Race receive scores in the OWWT rating system, which can be used to participate in the world championship. This is good news for sports fans, actively developing in the direction of triathlon starts. We support these aspirations and create events where athletes can test themselves and prepare for other competitions, "comments Saltanat Kazybayeva, executive director of Almaty Marathon.
Almaty marathon team continues to actively support the charitable direction in projects. So, this year in the framework of the Challenge "Another You!" social project a separate distance of the Swimming Race was organized for children from "Autism Can Be Cured" project of the “Mercy” Voluntary Society. 22 children together with their parents covered the distance and received well-deserved medals.
"Our children are struggling with autism. They are often immersed in themselves, they may find it difficult to interact with the world around them and they need physical exercises. Swimming gives peace, helps to master and feel your body. Studies show that there is a connection between mind and body through swimming. In water, children develop not only their muscles, motor skills and coordination, but also improve speech, develop the brain and general intelligence. Our children work every day to become full members of society. There are many cases when celebrities suffered from autism, but this did not prevent them from creating masterpieces of art, being phenomenal scientists, writers, sportsmen and even presidents”, - says Sayyara Mikhramova, the coordinator of the "Autism Can Be Cured" project of the “Voluntary Society Mercy" Public Foundation”. - “It's great that on such a sunny day we were able to come with our children to the Swim Race, it is a real big sporting event. The support that the organizers and participants have given us is very valuable”.
The organizers of the competition are “Courage to be First” Corporate Fund, “World Class Almaty” fitness-club and Academic Shakhmardan Yessenov Science and Education Foundation
