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Female athlete from Kyrgyzstan Yulia Andreyeva won the international Astana Marathon 2019 in Kazakhstan, Trend citing Kabar.

The tournament took place in Nur-Sultan yesterday, Sept.8.

She overcame the distance in 2 hours 28 minutes 42 seconds, thus meeting the Olympic standard - 2 hours 29 minutes and 30 seconds.

Andreyeva is the second representative of Kyrgyzstan who won a license for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Note that, earlier swimmer Denis Petrashov got a ticket to the Olympics.