Karaganda wrestlers won two gold and a bronze at the Asian Championship

At the Asian Wrestling Championship, Karaganda athletes won two gold medals and one bronze. The champions were Elmira Syzdykova and Ibrahim Magomadov, Almat Kebispayev won in the fight for third place.

The Asian Championship takes place in the capital's Palace of Martial Arts named after Zh. Ushkempirov. 400 strongest athletes from 24 countries are competing for the medals of the competition. Ten sets of medals are awarded for each type of wrestling.

In the competition among the "classics", the only gold medal to the team of Kazakhstan was brought by the Karaganda resident Ibrahim Magomadov. He won in the weight up to 72 kilograms. In the final, a wrestler from Karaganda defeated an opponent from Iran, Said Ali Imentalabfumani, with a score of 5:2.

The bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games in women's wrestling, Elmira Syzdykova, won the first gold for the Kazakhstan team. In the final of the 76 kg weight, she put Ayperi Medetkyzy from Kyrgyzstan on the shoulder blades. Elmira became the best in the continental championship for the second time with a score of 5:0. In 2021, the athlete has already climbed to the first step of the podium of the Asian Championship. Vladislav Sutormin trains Elmira.

Another representative of the Karaganda region became the winner of the Asian Championship. Greco-Roman wrestler Almat Kebispayev (up to 67 kg) won the bronze award.

The first continental tournament was held in 1979 only in freestyle wrestling. Two years later, Greco-Roman wrestlers determined the strongest. The Asian Women's Wrestling Championship has been held since 1996.

According to the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Karaganda region