Kazakh athlete Artem Drobotov due to the age limit will not participate in the show jumping, which is part of the modern pentathlon at the Junior Olympics, reports BNews.kz.
For 48 athletes from 30 countries participating in the modern pentathlon, which combines the traditional five disciplines such as show jumping, fencing, shooting, running, swimming, jumping excluded due to the fact that athletes under 19 years of age.
"It is a pity that there will be no horses", - said pentathlete from Russia Alexander Lifanov.
18-year-old boy is going to win the gold. "A strong team? It's about us, "- he said, winking at his team mate Julia Ibatullina.
17-year-old Artyom Drobotov from Kazakhstan did not get ahead of ourselves. "All the competitors are strong. Can never underestimate any of them, "- said Drobotov.
The current champion of the youth World Cup Anton Kuznetsov from Ukraine more restrained. "I will try to perform well in the Youth Olympic Games, but in our sport is difficult to predict the outcome. You must be the best not only in one discipline, and in all four. Let's wait and see, "- said Kuznetsov.
Recall that in Nanjing (China), the II Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Tournament pentathlon at the Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held August 22-26. Individual finals of the tournament among girls held on August 23 Youth - 24th, and mixed relay - 26th.
Source: bnews.kz