Title: Akzhol Kurmanbek becomes Kazakhstan’s new weightlifting champion
Akzhol Kurmanbek becomes Kazakhstan’s new weightlifting champion
4 dec. 2025
Akzhol Kurmanbek won the Kazakhstan Adult Weightlifting Championships, setting a new national record. Competing in the 79 kg division, eighteen-year-old weightlifter Akzhol Kurmanbek from the Zhetysu region set a national record with a combined total of 352 kg: 152 kg in the snatch and 200 kg in the clean and jerk. Second place went to Almaty athlete Pyotr Khrebtov, the 2025 Asian bronze medalist. Yerassyl Ybyrai from Zhetysu claimed third. The fourth competition day of the Kazakhstan Weightlifting Championships is underway in Astana.
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