Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana

Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana
Photo credit: the National Olympic Committee @olympickz

Kazakhstan's wrestler Nurkozha Kaipanov pocketed the 70kg Freestyle gold at the World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana, Albania. He became the second Kazakhstani male athlete to grab the gold medal at the tournament named after Rizabek Aitmukhan, Kazinform News Agency cites Olympic.kz.

Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana
Photo credit: the National Olympic Committee @olympickz

Kazakhstan’s Nurkozha Kaipanov defeated Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan 6-1 in the 70kg Freestyle category.

Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana
Photo credit: the National Olympic Committee @olympickz

Nurkozha defeated the Japanese wrestler with a score of 5:3, thus claiming gold.

Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana
Photo credit: the National Olympic Committee @olympickz

It bears to remind that the Kazakh athlete won silver at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Astana.

Earlier it was reported that Yerzhet Zharlykassyn grabbed the 63kg Greco-Roman silver at the World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories. Rizabek Aitmukhan won the 97kg freestyle gold at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania. Among womens, Zhamilya Bakbergenova (72kg) secured the silver medal at the Seniors World Wrestling Championships - Non-Olympic Weight Categories.

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