Kazakh Paralympic swimmers win 19 medals in Madrid

12:53, 10 March 2015

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Nine gold, six silver and four bronze medals have been won by Paralympic swimmers of Kazakhstan's national team, said the director of the Center of Sports Journalists Andrei Nekljudov.

Successful performance at the open championship of Spain (Madrid) was another positive step of Kazakhstan's team for participation in the World Cup and Paralympic Games.

"We believe that the performance was successful. The main goal is to get licenses for participating in the World Cup, which will be held in July in Scotland, and the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro," said head coach of staff national teams' directorate Natalia Manokhina.

Paralympic team of Kazakhstan has already involved two athletes who met the standards - a six-time world record holder Zulfiyya Gabidullina and, a five-time champion of the Asian Paralympic Games in Incheon, Anuar Akhmetov.

JSC "Samruk-Kazyna" is the general sponsor of the National Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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