Boxer Bahyt Sarsekbayev won second gold medal in Beijing Olympics
On the last day of Olympics in Beijing Kazakhstan boxer, Bahyt Sarsekbayev, won the second gold medal, the agency reports referring to official mass media.
Astana. August 25. Kazakhstan Today - On the last day of Olympics in Beijing Kazakhstan boxer, Bahyt Sarsekbayev, won the second gold medal, the agency reports referring to official mass media.
Our sportsman in a weight class of up to 69 kg fought with the Cuban boxer, Carlos Suarez and won with the result 18:9.
Kazakhstan Olympic team won two gold medals, four silver and seven bronze. Our team by the number of medals awarded in Beijing Olympics is on 29 place.
As it was informed earlier, weight-lifter Ilya Ilyin and boxer Bahyt Sarsekbayev won gold medals. Judaist, Ashat Zhitkeev, weight-lifters, Irina Nekrasova and Alla Vazhenina, and freestyle wrestler, Taymuraz Tigiyev, won silver medals. Kazakhstan Greco-Roman wrestlers, Nurbakyt Tenizbayev, and Aset Mambetov, weightlifter, Maria Grabovetskaya and free-style wrestlers, Elena Shalygina and Marid Mutalimov, boxer, Erkebulan Shynaliyev and taekwondo athlete, Armand Chilmanov won bronze medals.
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