{"id":594732,"date":"2026-04-10T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:19:18","slug":"kazakhstan-leads-medal-table-at-asian-boxing-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594732\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan leads medal table at Asian Boxing Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Kazakhstan secured first place in the overall standings, based on the combined results of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams.\u00a0On April 10, the men\u2019s finals took place in Ulaanbaatar, where Kazakh boxers won eight of the 10 medals on offer, reaching five of the finals.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto credit: Kazakh Tourism and Sport Ministry<\/p>\n

The only loss in a final came from\u00a0Torekhan Sabyrkhan<\/a>. The reigning world champion made his debut at the senior Asian Championships and was defeated in the men\u2019s under 70 kg final by Zeyad Eashash of Jordan. The other four finals involving Kazakh boxers resulted in gold medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan<\/p>\n

In the 60 kg category, Orazbek Assylkulov\u00a0defeated<\/a> India\u2019s Sachin Siwach. All head-to-head bouts between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ended in victories for Kazakhstan. In the 75 kg division, Javokhir Abdurakhimov of Uzbekistan lost to<\/a> Sabyrzhan Akkalykov of Kazakhstan, while in the 85 kg category, Nurbek Oralbay defeated<\/a> Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Yuldoshev.<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan<\/p>\n

In the super heavyweight division (over 90 kg), Aibek Oralbay\u00a0secured victory<\/a> by defeating ethnic Kazakh boxer Danabieke Bayikewuzi, representing China. Bronze medals at the 2026 Asian Championships were won by Sagyndyk Togambay<\/a> (90 kg) and Makhmud Sabyrkhan<\/a> (55 kg).<\/p>\n

Yertugan Zeinullinov (65 kg) and Sanzhar Tashkenbay (50 kg) finished without medals. As a result, Kazakhstan collected eight medals in the men\u2019s standings (four gold, one silver, and three bronze). Uzbekistan, which placed second, won six medals (three gold, two silver, and one bronze).<\/p>\n

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\nCollage\/Qazinform<\/p>\n

The Kazakh women\u2019s boxing team finished the Asian Elite Boxing Championships with five medals. Nadezhda Ryabets was the first to\u00a0win<\/a> the Asian Elite Boxing Championships title in the women\u2019s 80 kg. Dina Islambekova<\/a> also secured gold by defeating Alfiya Pathan of India. Bakyt Seidish took home silver<\/a> in the 70 kg finals, while Aigerim Sattybayeva<\/a> and Valentina Khalzova<\/a> claimed bronze in the 48kg and 75 kg divisions.<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: The Kazakhstan Boxing Federation<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan
\nPhoto credit: Kazakhstan Boxing Federation<\/p>\n

In the overall standings combining men\u2019s and women\u2019s results, Kazakhstan also finished first with 13 medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze).<\/p>\n

India placed second overall with 16 medals (five gold, three silver, eight bronze) but trailed Kazakhstan due to fewer golds, while Uzbekistan finished third with 11 medals (three gold, four silver, four bronze).<\/p>\n

Earlier, Qazinform News Agency<\/a> reported that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated<\/a> Kazakhstan\u2019s national team on their strong performance at the 2026 Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Kazakhstan secured first place in the overall standings, based on the combined results of the men\u2019s and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-594732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}