Astana Hosts 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

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Category : Sports Published on: February 15 2023

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  • The 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships took place in the Kazakh capital on Feb. 10-12. The tournament brought together approximately 300 athletes from 30 countries who competed in 26 disciplines.
  • The Asian Indoor Track and Field Championship was held for the first time in the CIS countries. Sixty-nine athletes represented Kazakhstan at the games.
  • Following the results of three days of competition, the first place in the unofficial standings was taken by the Japanese team. Athletes from Japan won six gold, five silver and four bronze medals. 
  • Kazakh athletes lost quite a bit to Japanese athletes and won six gold and three silver and one bronze medals each. 
  • The athletes from Qatar took third place with two gold, four silver and four bronze medals.
  • Fourth, fifth and sixth places were distributed between the athletes from China (2-2-6), Uzbekistan (2-1-1) and India (1-6-1).
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