The women's team of the Karaganda region won gold at the international boxing tournament

The XXXXVIII International Tournament in memory of the Honored coach of the Kazakh SSR Galym Zharylgapov has ended in Karaganda. Boxers of the Karaganda region showed excellent results: the women's team won gold, the men – silver.

Boxers from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Cuba met in the ring. For the first time, fighters from Cambodia came to the tournament. As a result, 139 athletes demonstrated their skills.

Duels were held in 18 weight categories, according to the IBA rules.

– The tournament is organized at the highest level, – says the coach of the Kyrgyzstan team, Zhyldyzbek Niyazaliev. – We try to participate every year. This time there are six athletes in our team. We are taking away two silver and one bronze medals from the competition. We got a huge boxing experience. This will help us to show good results in the future.

The fighters of the Karaganda region have six gold, three silver and six bronze awards in their piggy bank. One of the winners was an athlete from Karaganda, Jasmine Kizatova. The girl won gold in the weight up to 70 kg.

– This is my second medal this year. Earlier I won silver at the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan. I am participating in the tournament in memory of Galym Zharylgapov for the second time. I'm always worried before a fight. Thanks to the coach who prompted and supported. The victory was not easy. But this makes it even more pleasant to feel like a gold medalist. I'm going to participate in the Asian Championship in January," said Jasmine Kizatova.

The winners and prize-winners of the competitions were awarded with diplomas, medals and cash prizes. The organizers of the tournament also noted the best judges.

The tournament was held by the Department of Physical Culture and Sports, the regional sports school of the Olympic reserve in boxing and the regional Boxing Federation.

Galym Zharylgapov (1939-1984) was a native of Zhanaarkinsky district. He headed the Karaganda Technical School of Physical Culture and Sports. He worked as chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports at the Karaganda Regional Executive Committee. He made a huge contribution to the development of sports in the region, the training of coaches and athletes.

The first tournament in memory of the honored coach of the Kazakh SSR Galym Zharylgapov was held in December 1984.