He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team competition.

At the world championships Karasyov won team silver medals in 1966 and 1970.

He married Olga Karasyova, a Russian gymnast who also competed at the 1968 Olympics.

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