TURKESTAN: THE ATHLETE FROM KELES BECAME THE WORLD CHAMPION

The world championship in combat jitkundo was held in the Turkish city of Adana. Nurbolat Akylbek, a native of the Keles district of the Turkestan region, from the Keles district of the Turkestan region, became the champion in this competition. Our countryman became the first athlete in this sport who gained two profiles in the same weight in 22 years. The strongest athletes of the world took part in these competitions.

Nurbolat Nurlybekuly was born in 2003 in the Keles district. The athlete has been in boxing since the age of 8, later he became interested in jitkundo and has been regularly engaged in this sport since then. His coach is Bekzat Jalal. This year, Nurbolat also became the regional pankration champion in the 84 kg weight category in Shymkent, and in March the national champion in wushu sanda in the 85 kg weight category in Almaty. Our countryman, who conquered the region and the Republic, has now won the title of world champion among amateurs in the weight category up to 75 kg in the Turkish city of Adana.

It should be noted that today combat forms of wrestling are actively developing in the country. The number of people interested in the so-called jitkundo martial arts has especially increased.