Kazakh Wrestlers Win 11 Medals at U17 World Championships in Athens

The U17 World Wrestling Championships wrapped up in Athens, Greece, according to the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, The Caspian Post reports citing Kazinform.

Team Kazakhstan claimed a total of 11 medals.

Zhanazhol Kuanyshbek clinched the gold medal in the men’s 45 kg weight category.

Kazakh Nurdaulet Kumaruly (48 kg) and Nurali Askar (55 kg) earned silver medals, while Shamil Dosbol grabbed bronze in the men’s 65 kg and Marlen Meirbekuly (71 kg) secured bronze.

In the women’s division, Madkhiya Usmanova (57 kg) claimed gold, while Inzhu Bakkozha (40 kg) and Shakhizada Dauletzhan (69 kg) took bronze.

Among freestyle wrestlers, Danael Abdykassym (51 kg), Bekassyl Assambek (60 kg), and Dinmukhammed Kassymbek (80 kg) all pocketed bronze medals.