Kazakh wrestling tournament – Turan Barysy Asian Cup will be held in Turkestan for the first time
On October 29, many athletes with the title of world champion will participate in the tournament.
Many athletes from member countries of the Organization of Turkic States – Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary and Kazakhstan, will take the stage at the Turan Barysy Asian Cup.
Athletes who have won international awards in judo, sambo and kurash and Kazakh wrestling are also expected to take part in the tournament.
Eyvaz Bakhshiev (60 kg), a two-time sambo world champion will fight for the Azerbaijan national team.
European judo champion Endre Gunich (82 kg) and Barna Boour (+90 kg), a silver medalist at the World Judo Championship and three-time European champion will play in the Hungarian national team.
Furkan Guner, an European judo champion will represent Turkey in the tournament.
Kurash world champion Shammukhamet Kurbanov (66 kg) and two-time sambo world champion Samvel Ayrapetyan (82 kg) will take a part in the Turkmenistan national team. Also in the national team of Turkmenistan is Tejen Tejenov who is a multiple-time world champion in sambo and owner of the title of world champion in Kazakh wrestling in Minsk in 2017.
Uzbekistani athletes perform well in international competitions in Kazakh wrestling. Umid Esanov (82 kg) – a world champion in kurash style wrestling then Yerkin Kozokov (90 kg) – a world champion in kurash style and an Asian champion in judo and also Muhsin Khisomiddinov (+90 kg) – a three-time world champion in kurash style and two-time world champion in Kazakh wrestling, will take place In the Uzbek national team.
Expectations from Kazakhstani wrestlers who will participate in the tournament are quite high. The Kazakh national team includes Aydarbek Toktarbek, who became the world champion in Kazakh wrestling in 2021 (90 kg), and Galımjan Kırıkbay (90 kg+), who won the silver medal in 2021 at the Kazakhstan Tiger Republic Tournament and the bronze medal in 2022.
You can watch live the Turan Barysy Asian Cup which is held every year to develop and support Kazakh wrestling, on Qazsport and TRT Avaz TV channels.
