Kazakh athletes of 27th World Summer Kazan Universiade arrive in Almaty

19:10, 12 July 2013

ASTANA. July 12. KAZINFORM - XXVII World Summer Kazan Universiade participants fly from Kazan to Almaty on July 13 at 04:00 a.m. Among them are members of the Kazakh national team in fencing, boxing, gymnastics, judo, athletics and weightlifting, according to the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science.

At Almaty airport will arrive Margarita Mukasheva (athletics), the Universiade champion; Farhad Harki, weightlifting champion; silver medalists Karina Goricheva (rod), Zhan Kosobutskyi (boxing), and Ruslan Kurbanov (fencing); bronze medalists Nurdaulet Zharmanov (boxing), Elmir Alimzhanov ( fencing), Dmitry Aleksanin (fencing), Dmitry Gryaznov (fencing); Eugeniy Ektov (athletics), and Nikita Filipov (athletics).

Kazakhstan on the fifth day of the Universiade is on the 14th place of medal standings.

Medal standings:

1. Russia - 135 (72,33,30);

2. South Korea - 26 (12,6,8);

3. Japan - 37 (10,12,15);

14. Kazakhstan - 16 (2,6,8).

Kazakh athletes' medals won at Universiade in Kazan (July 6-17)

Gold (2): Margarita Mukasheva (athletics), Farhad Harki (weightlifting);

Silver (6): Rustam Rustamov, Zhan Kosobutskyi (boxing), Karina Goricheva (weightlifting), Dimash Moldashev, Eskarhan Oskanov (belt-wrestling), Ruslan Kurbanov (fencing);

Bronze (8): Kazakhstan team (Dmitry Aleksanin, Elmira Alimjanov, Dmitry Gryaznov, Ruslan Kurbanov – fencing), Berdakh Primbayev (wrestling), Erzhan Zhomart, Nurdaulet Zharmanov (boxing), Nikita Filipov, Eugeniy Ektov (athletics), Ayan Ermekbayev , Gulnur Erbolova (belt-wrestling).

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