Following the girls' successful performance, Kazakhstan's boys' team delivered phenomenal results at the Asian Youth Modern Pentathlon Championships (U17 and U19 categories) in Indonesia.
On 15 May 2026, our athletes achieved a "golden double", taking all the podium places in both age categories.
U19 category: total domination
In the under-19 juniors' final, Kazakh pentathletes left their rivals no chance, taking the top four lines of the final standings.
Individual results:
- Yerasyl Artykbay — 1st place (1,565 points).
- Amal Kusainov — 2nd place (1,548 points).
- Stepan Varyokhin — 3rd place (1,527 points).
- Tikhon Varyokhin — 4th place (1,519 points).
In the team event, Kazakhstan's team of Yerasyl Artykbay, Amal Kusainov and Stepan Varyokhin confidently won gold medals with a total of 4,640 points.
U17 category: the entire podium goes to Kazakhstan
The younger boys' group followed the example of their older colleagues, also taking all three steps of the podium.
Individual results:
- Tamirlan Tulegenov — 1st place (1,487 points).
- Hamza Berik — 2nd place (1,486 points).
- Nurgali Omirserik — 3rd place (1,435 points).
- Yaroslav Dzibura — 6th place (1,414 points).
In the U17 team event, the Kazakhstan team (Tamirlan Tulegenov, Hamza Berik, Nurgali Omirserik) also took 1st place with 4,408 points.
At the moment, the Kazakhstan delegation is confidently leading the overall medal table of the Asian Championships in Yogyakarta. Such a convincing performance in the individual and team finals among boys and girls confirms Kazakhstan's status as one of the flagships of modern pentathlon in the Asian region.
The competition programme will continue with the mixed relays (Mixed Relay), where our athletes will compete for further sets of medals.
