
The head of the region, Kumar Aksakalov, congratulated Nurkozha Kaipanov on his victory at the Asian Championship.
“Our wrestler Nurkozha Kaipanov became a two-time champion of Asia in freestyle wrestling. Nurkozha, I congratulate you on your well-deserved victory. In the final bout, our freestyle wrestler won a brilliant victory over an experienced Iranian wrestler. I would like to note that for the first time in history a North Kazakhstan wrestler won the Asian championship twice. Our sportsman has confirmed the status of the best wrestler in Asia. Nurkozha has excellent chances to go to the Tokyo Olympics. Let’s wish him sports success!” — the head of the region wrote on his page in social networks.