Kazakhstan claims its first medal in artistic swimming at Asian Games

Team Kazakhstan claimed bronze medal in artistic swimming at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, Qazinform News Agency reports.

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According to the Sports Development Directorate, the two-day competition featured the duet technical routine and duet free routine.

Photo credit: Arlan Olzhabay / NOC

World champions Nargiza Bolatova and Yasmin Tuyakova represented Kazakhstan.

Photo credit: Arlan Olzhabay / NOC

The duet gained 565.7326 points and finished third in two programs.

Photo credit: Arlan Olzhabay / NOC

Chinese team grabbed the gold medal with 640.3576 points, and silver medal went to Japanese swimmers, who finished with 601.3576 points.

Earlier, it was reported that Kazakhstan’s track-and-field athlete Yasmina Toxanbayeva claimed gold medal in the women's marathon race walk event in Japan.