20-year-old Primorets Ilgizar SAFIULLIN at the Russian Championships in Athletics in Moscow, the first to come to the finish in the final race in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Ilgizar SAFIULLIN will participate in the World Cup
Athlete set his personal best, which gives him the right to participate in the World Championships to be held in Moscow from 10 to 18 August — the press service of the Far Eastern Federal University.
His victory was not easy. In the first final race with a huge advantage in the lead Nikolay Chavkin. His time of 8 minutes 3185 seconds. But the athlete had to wait for the results of races other athletes in the second run.
Here are the main rivals Muscovite Andrew Farnosov and our countryman Ilgizar SAFIULLIN. Despite the fact that the Muscovite was in the lead almost the entire distance in the last 300 meters Ilgizar made a decisive acceleration and came in first with the best result — 8 minutes 2887 seconds.
