ASTANA – Two more Kazakh wrestlers, Bolat Sakayev and Sanzhar Doszhanov, won gold medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship on April 13, reported the National Olympic Committee.
Sanzhar Doszhanov. Photo credit: United World Wrestling.
Sakayev, 31, won over Uzbekistan’s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov in the 79-kilogram weight category, as Doszhanov defeated Uzbek wrestler Zafarbek Otakhonov in the 70-kilogram weight category to claim the gold.
Rakhat Kalzhan won the bronze medal in the 57-kilogram weight category.
Bolat Sakayev. Photo credit: United World Wrestling.
Earlier this week, Kazakh wrestler Ibragim Magomadov won gold in the 72-kilogram weight category in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Elmira Syzdykova and Zhamilya Bakbergenova brought gold medals in the women’s wrestling finals.
