Kazakhstan bags 7 medals at 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy
12:02, 14 July 2019
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The closing ceremony of the 2019 Summer Universiade will be held in Naples today. Team Kazakhstan wrapped up its participation in the sporting event with seven medals, Kazinform has learnt from Olympic.kz.
On the final day of the 2019 Summer University GamesItaly and the U.S. will fight for gold in Men’s water polo. The bronze waterpolo match will see the clash between Russia and Hungary.
Team Kazakhstan was represented by 94 athletes at theUniversiade. Judoka Galymzhan Kyrykbai clinched the only gold medal forKazakhstan.
Gymnasts Nariman Kurbanov and Milad Karimi,track-and-field athlete Mikhail Litvin, taekwondo athlete Smaiyl Duisebai andskeet shooter Zoya Kravchenko collected silver medals each.
Sarsenkul Rysbekova earned bronze in skeet shootingfor Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan stands 25th in overall medaltally. Its place in the overall medal standing will not be affected by theresults of the today’s water polo matches.