Kazakh sport news

5/09/2008
Kazakhstan’s men’s basketball team made it to the final of the Asian Youth Championship which is currently taking place in Syria.
Today our players will meet the team from Iran. In the semi-final Kazakhstan beat Japan with a score of 103:78.
“Even if we lose, we will still be preparing for the World Youth Championship since out of the Asian group the top 3 teams qualify. This is a great achievement and success for Kazakhstan’s basketball”, - with pride stated the coach of our young team, Vadim Burakov.
Tomorrow Kazakhstan’s athletes will arrive in Almaty.

17/08/2008
XXIX Olympic Games continue in Beijing. Over these days KZ sportsmen have won 7 medals in different kinds of sport.
In particular, silver medal was won by: weightlifters – Irina Nekrasova (63kg) and Alla Vazhenina (75kg) and judoist Askhat Zhitkeyev (78kg).
Bronze medal was won by: Greco-Roman wrestlers Nurbakhyt Tenizbayev and Asset Mambetov (60kg and 96kg categories), weightlifter Marina Grabovetskaya (75kg) and free-style wrestler Yelena Shalygina (63kg).

13/08/2008
Kazakhstan’s athletes will once again battle for Olympic medals. Vladimir Kuznetsov (77 kg) will participate in the qualification round of the lifting competition.
Zauresh Baibusinova will represent Kazakhstan in the qualification round of the 25 m air pistol competition.
Women’s Judo competition in the weight category – up to 70 kg, will begin today and Kazakhstan will be represented by Zhanar Zhanzunova.
Also Darkhan Bayakhmetov (66 kg) and Roman Meleshin (74 kg) will compete in the Greek-Roman wrestling competition. In boxing, Birzhan Zhakipov (48 kg) and Ruslan Myrsatayev (above 91 kg) will face their opponents.
Zulfiya Zabirova will take part in the final 23.5 km cycling race. Afterwards, cyclists Andrey Mizurov and Maksim Iglinskiy will compete in the 47 km race.

5/08/2008
Kazakh President N.Nazarbayev will visit People’s Republic of China on August 7-10, 2008. Kazakh MFA’s official representative Yerzhan Ashikbayev informed at a weekly briefing. “Within the visit Kazakh President will take part at the opening ceremony of the XXIX Olympics in Beijing and visit a number of sport competitions with Kazakh athletes’
participation”, Y.Ashikbayev said. Besides, Kazakh President will meet with Chairman of People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao.

6/06/2008
“Kazakhstan’s Wrestling Championship devoted to Astana’s 10th anniversary will take place in the Astana sport complex “Alatau” on June 7-8”, Deputy Chief of Sports Committee of the Kazakh Tourism and Sport Ministry Malik Alpysbayev said.
“The championship is aimed at promotion and development of the national sport “Kazakh kuresi”. The results of the competitions will help select athletes to the national team for participation in the championship of Asia planned to be held on July in Kyrgyzstan”, M. Alpysbayev.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, “Kazakh kuresi” wrestling federation and sports department of Astana.

17/04/2008
A regular session of the steering committee for preparation and holding the VII Asian Winter Games 2011 in the cities of Astana and Almaty chaired by Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov was held in “Ukimet Uyi”.
The questions on construction and reconstruction of the sport objects, which are necessary for holding the VII Asian Winter Games were discussed there. A list of sport facilities includes about 15 objects: 10 of them will be built and another 5 objects are going to be reconstructed.
The session participants considered issues on construction of ski – biathlon line and ski stadium in Almaty oblast.
Besides, Karim Massimov instructed to prepare a land plot for construction of the international ski jumping boards’ complex in Almaty.

5/04/2008
“We expect to win 3 medals of different value in the Olympics”, Head Coach of Kazakhstan on heavy athletics Alexey Ni has told during honoring the sportsmen.
The heavy athletes of Kazakhstan had won 9 licenses from 10 possible. Five of them are men and four –women. “We expect Ilya Ilyin will win a gold medal in category of 94kg and Marina Grabovetskaya in category of over 75kg”, the Head Coach said.

23/03/2008
Following the results of the 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament " Astana 2008" all five Kazakh boxers purchased licenses for participation in Beihing Olympic games.
Mirat Sarsenbauev (51kg), Kanat Abutalipon (54kg), Galib Jafarov (57kg), Merey Akshalov (60kg) and Ruslan Myrsatayev (over 91kg) joined the 5 best boxers, who had earlier won right to participate in a qualifying round in the Olympics. These are Birzhan Zhakipov (48kg), Serik Sapiyev (64kg), Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (69kg), Bakhtiyar Artayev (75kg) and Erkebulan Shinaliyev (81kg).

12/08/2007
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has participated in the big tennis's warm-up match within the frame of the republican action of Nur Otan People's Democratic Party titled For healthy nation.
About 16 tennis-players professionals participated in the tournament. 14/08/2007

12/07/2007
"An ice hockey stadium for 5 500 viewers will be built in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana", Emergency Minister of the country Viktor Khrapunov has stated at today's presentation of the book Our hockey.
Mr. Khrapunov has reminded of the fact that Astana's hockey team Barys was to take part in the next season of the Russian Hockey Super League. "By constructing the ice hockey stadium in Astana Kazakhstan will fulfill all requirements imposed to the teams of the Russian Super League", V. Khrapunov stressed. 14/07/2007

16/04/2007
"China is interested in the development of cooperation with Kazakhstan, in particular, with Almaty, in the sphere of sport", Liu Peng, the director of the General Administration of Sport of China, said in Almaty after the meeting with akim (mayor) of Almaty city Imangali Tasmagambetov and Tourism and Sport Minister of Kazakhstan Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov. Liu Peng paid a visit to Almaty within the frame of his official visit to Kazakhstan. A day before, he held a meeting with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov and Tourism and Sport Minister Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov in Astana. The sides signed an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of sport during the talks.

22/03/2007
22 March the Astana Sport Palace Kazakhstan will play a host to the Kazakh President's Cup Muay Thai Tournament (Thai Boxing) with an international action Muay Thai against drugs. Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov and Astana mayor Askar Mamin are believed to attend the opening ceremony.

23/01/2007
The mayor of Almaty, Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the head of the Sports Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia, Jizhong Wei. The theme of the negotiations touched upon conducing the 2011 Asian Games in Almaty. Mister Wei is cooperating with the organization committee of the Olympic Games, which will take place in Beijing next year. At the Olympic Council of Asia, Mr Wei is working on the issues regarding preparation for the Asian Games and on matters concerning the development of the sports programme.

12/01/2007
Kurman Akimkulov, 43, Was nominated new General Director of the Football Union of Kazakhstan the FSK.
He has a big experience of the work in football structure including FSK and FC "Astana", from which he - a president.
As the FSK Director General Mr. Akimkulov is in charge of national group. 15/01/2007

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