Kazakh Muai Thai fighter wins «bronze» at World Martial Arts Games in St. Petersburg
ASTANA. October 24. KAZINFORM - Kazakh muai thai fighter Zhanserik Amirzhanov has won bronze medal at the World Martial Arts Games in St. Petersburg, Vesti.kz reports referring to Farhat Amankulov, the vice-president of the muai thai Federation in Kazakhstan.
"We had only three licenses for that contest. The event gathered elite sportsmen of muai thai. We were not lucky at drawing. Our athletes got on very strong fighters, world champions, at the beginning of the competition. Within 67 kilograms weight category Amirzhanov won the first battle from the Australian, but the semi-finals' victory went to the 13-times world champion from Belarus", said Amankulov.
The competition in St. Petersburg is being held on 15 types of martial arts including aikido, boxing, wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, kendo, kickboxing, savate, sambo, sumo, taekwondo, wushu and fencing. The event gathered more than two thousand athletes from 100 countries.