International expeditions to K2 delayed by one more day
This forced delay might prevent Zhumayev from congratulating his son on his birthday from the height of 8000m.
PHOTO: Rafting championship took place on Turgen River near Almaty
Men’s team Multimix and women’s team BEMS won the first place in slalom.
Our chief goal is to stay alive: K2 expedition
Participants of the international alpinist expedition to K2 that includes 2 Kazakh climbers are bracing for the fourth ascent to Chogori to set a camp at 8000 m.
Kukushkin won the President’s Cup in Astana
Kazakhstan tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin won the President’s Cup in men’s singles in Astana.
Volleyball club Almaty missed spot in Worlds by one step
Kazakh volleyball club lost to Iranian team 0:3 (16:25, 15:25, 19:25) in the finals of the men’s Asian Volleyball Club Championship in Indonesia.
PHOTO: Massimov attended Junior Boxing Championship in Astana
Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan took part in the ceremony of awarding the gold medal to Bekzhan Kibitkaliyev who won in 54kg category.
Kazakhstan won 5 medals in Junior Boxing Worlds
In the final fight Kazakh boxer Didar Tolegen, 80 kg, lost to Orbek Sharopov from Uzbekistan and received silver.
Beibut Shumenov defended his WBA world champion title
Kazakh boxer Beibut Shumenov won the fight by knocking out Danny Santiago in the ninth round in Las Vegas.
Voskoboeva won the President’s Cup doubles
Galina Voskoboeva from Kazakhstan coupled with Vitalia Dyachenko from Russia won against Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan and Aleksandra Panova from Russia.
Expedition to K2 will not continue the ascent before August 1
Bad weather is preventing the expedition from starting the four acclimatization ascent. During the days of rest they spent time practicing aerial stunts.
Shumenov heavier than Santiago before the WBA title fight
Traditional weighing ceremony took place in Las Vegas. American Danny Santiago turned out to be 900 grams lighter than the Kazakh boxer.
Golovkin to defend WBA title against an American
The title fight against Lajuan Simon, 32 will take place in Almaty October 15.
Volleyball club Almaty reached semifinal of Asian Championship
In quarterfinal Kazakh team won 3:0 against a strong club from Vietnam.
Barys presented Massimov with personalized hockey form
Prime-Minister Karim Massimov visited sports rehabilitation center in Michurino village where Kazakh hockey team Barys is now having its pre-season training camp.
Participants of K2 expedition are having "a 100% rest"
Thanks to the warm weather the alpinists could swim in the river, lie on the sunny bank, have a picnic on the green grass and watch stars.
5 Kazakhs reached semifinals of Junior Boxing Worlds in Astana
Dautbek Kauyrgeldy, Bekzhan Kibitkaliyev, Ayan Kalybekov, Askar Duisaly and Didar Tolegen will continue competing at the boxing companionship.
Kazakh cyclist from Astana team arrested in Nice took no drugs
Official representative of the team has denied the information that traces of cocaine were found in Valentin Iglinskiy’s saliva probe.
Astana cyclist arrested in France for speeding while drunk
Valentin Iglinskiy speeding at over 200 km/h was arrested by Nice police. His blood test showed excess alcohol content.
Expedition to K2 made fireworks
International expedition to K2 also called Chogori made it to the Chinese base camp.
Astana cyclist cycled at Tour de France with broken wrist
Czech cyclist from Kazakhstan team Astana Roman Kreuziger cycled most of Tour de France with a broken wrist.