Team Kazakhstan prepares in Almaty and in Shymkent for the Paris Olympics
The management of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation arranged an important training camp for their qualified boxers after the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event. The Kazakh national boxing team trains in Almaty and will continue the preparations in the south part of the country, in Shymkent until July 20.
The former capital city of Kazakhstan, Almaty is located in the mountains and it is excellent for the physical preparations for the Paris Olympics. The team follows the plan of their head coach, Mr. Myrzagali Aitzhanov who wants to retake Kazakhstan to the top of the Olympic podium in Paris.
Shymkent hosted also several competitions in the recent years including the 2013 edition of the ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships as well. Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are planning to join the preparations of the Kazakh Olympic team in Shymkent which will be held until July 20.
Kazakhstan opened their Olympic quota hunt at the Asian Games in Hangzhou but due to their great run at the 1st and 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Events, the Central Asian boxing power finally achieved ten quotas for the Paris Olympics.
Kazakhstan separated from the Soviet Union in 1991 and their independent Kazakh Boxing Federation was established in 1992. The independent Kazakhstan attended in seven editions of the Olympics and proved impressive performance in the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 Games.
The independent Kazakhstan produced 24 medals between 1996 and 2021 in the boxing events of the Olympic Games. Kazakhstan is No.9 in the current Olympic boxing all-time medal table with seven gold, seven silver and ten bronze medals in spite of the fact their boxers could represent the independent country only six editions from 1996 until 2021.
The Kazakhs achieved only two bronze medals in the last Tokyo Olympics in boxing three years ago therefore their objective is to regain their place in the top of the podium in Paris.
The Tokyo bronze medallists as Saken Bibossynov and Kamshybek Kunkabayev both qualified for the upcoming Paris edition where Kazakhstan will cover all of the seven male weight categories. Next to Saken Bibossynov, Makhmud Sabyrkhan (57kg), Aslanbek Shymbergenov (71kg) and Nurbek Oralbay (80kg) are also World Champions in this cycle. Three of their strong female boxers as the former World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay (50kg), the Asian Champion Karina Ibragimova (57kg) and Valentina Khalzova (75kg) have also qualified for the Paris Olympics.
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