Kazakhstan boxers win silver medals at Universiade

Kazakhstan boxers Rustam Rustamov (-56kg) and Zhan Kossobutyskiy (+91kg) won silver medals at the Universiade held in Kazan these days, the official website of the tournament reports. Almaty's Rustam Rustamov lost his final bout to Russian boxer Sergei Vodopiyanov (who was born in Taldykorgan, South Kazakhstan), and Zhan Kossobutyskiy from Kostanay failed to win over Russia's Magomed Omarov. Kazakhstan is in the twentieth place by the medal count. Its athletes have won the total of 15 medals at the Universiade so far: - Weightlifter Farkhad Kharkiand and athlete Margarita Mukasheva brought two gold medals to Kazakhstan. - Nine silver medals were earned by weightlifters Karina Goricheva and Aleksandr Zhaichikov, fencer Ruslan Kurbanov, boxers Rustam Rustamov and Zhan Kossobutyskiy and belt wrestlers Moldashev Dimash and Eskarkhan Oskanov, by Sergey Yemeliyanov in rowing and by Beimet Kanzhanov in sambo. - Free-style wrestlers Berdakh Primbayev and Alikhan Jumayev, boxers Yerzhan Zhomart and Nurdaulet Zharmanov, belt wrestlers Ayan Yermekbayev and Gulnur Yerbolova, athletes Yevgeniy Ektov and Nikita Filippov, Azhar Kenbeil in sambo, the national men's fencing team and the target shooting national women's team in two events took twelve bronze medals at the tournament. The 27th Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan started on July 6 and will finish on July 17. Athletes from 170 countries are competing for more than 350 sets of medals in 27 different summer sports at the tournament. About 13 thousand athletes are participating in the Universiade.