Kazakhstan won 13 gold medals

Almaty. February 2. Kazakhstan Today - Kazakhstan has won 13 gold medals in the 7th Winter Asian Games, the agency reports.

The Kazakh athlete Olga Novikova became the winner in women's middle distance ski orienteering. Her finish time was 31 minutes 11 seconds. Yevgeniya Kuzmina was 3 minutes 35 seconds behind her teammate. The bronze medal was won by the Chinese Liu Xiaoting.

This gold is the second at the Games for Olga Novikova - 2 days before she celebrated victory in sprint race, Liu Xiaoting was the 2nd and Yevgeniya Kuzmina had the bronze medal, Asian Winter Games Organising Committee informed..

The Kazakh athletes Mikhail Sorokin won the race in middle distance ski orienteering. His finish time was 35 minutes 33 seconds while the 2nd place winner Vitaliy Lilichenko was 6 minutes 55 seconds behind the teammate.

This is the 2nd gold medal of Mikhail Sorokin at the Games. Two days before the Kazakh athlete celebrated success in sprint race. The gold in middle distance is the 13th for the national team of Kazakhstan which is leading confidently at the medal table.

Kazakhstan has won 13 gold, 13 bronze, and 7 silver medals in the 7th Winter Asian Games being held in Almaty and Astana.

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