S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University held a competition in various sports for its year 1 students.

Students showed their skills in Presidential multi-sport event, push-ups and pull-ups, a 3,000-meter run (for men) and a 2,000-meter run (for women), as well as a futsal competition.

Aset Bazarkhanov (BZKhT-101), Nurbol Kabylda (MT-101) and Dias Toktambetov (AiU-202) won the first, second and third prizes respectively in men's Presidential multi-sport event. Zarina Kusainova (Zhur-202), Aziza Smat (Kh-101) and Gulden Abdrakhmanova (Pol-202) are prize-winners in women's competition.

Team of the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Natural Sciences won the first prize in the futsal competition, the Faculty of Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering and Transport finished second, while the Faculty of Architecture and Construction took the third place.

Zhaudat Ableyev, the Chairman of Sunkar Club, noted that such sporting events unite students, provide an opportunity to get to know each other better, and promote healthy life-styles. “I would like to emphasize that all teams in this competition have good players. All of them demonstrated their will-to-win spirit, so the competition was exciting and intense,” said Zhaudat Ableyev.

Photo by Rufina Torpischeva