Kazakh taekwondo athlete wins bronze
20:37, 21 August 2013
ASTANA. August 21. KAZINFORM - Yerasyl Kaiyrbek, taekwondo athlete from Kazakhstan, has won bronze medal (53 kg weight category) at the II Youth Asian Games in China.
In the quarter finals Kaiyrbek beat Njoki Tuan Tran from Vietnam with a score 17:13, 0:2. Then in the semifinals he lost to the Filipino Frantsissaron Agodzho with the result 7:9, 1:0 and became bronze medalist of complex competitions!
Tomorrow Fariza Aldongarova will participate in the event within 55 kg weight category. Kaiyrbek and Aldongarova are taekwondo sports athletes who have licenses for taking part in the Asian Games at the Asian Championship.