Almat Kebispayev of Kazakhstan hauls bronze at Asian Wrestling Championships

Almat Kebispayev beat Tajikistan’s Firuz Mirzoradzhabov 7-3 in the 67kg bout for the third place in the Greco-Roman event of the tournament.

The Kazakhstani is a silver and four-time bronze medalist of the World Wrestling Championships.

Earlier it was reported that Astana city is to host the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships at the arena of the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Wrestling Palace from April 9 through 14.

30 athletes, including eminent ones, are to represent Kazakhstan in men’s freestyle, men’s Greco-Roman, and women’s freestyle events.

According to the Committee on Sport and Physical Education of the Kazakh Culture and Sport Ministry, the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships first-place winners are to receive 2,300 US dollars. The runners-up are to get 1,400 US dollars, whereas the third-place finishers are to get 900 US dollars. The same prize money is to be paid to coaches.

The 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships is a part of preparations for the World Wrestling Championships to be held in Belgrade, where wrestlers will get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Summer Olympics.