At the Summer Asian Games taking place in Japan's Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya, two Kazakh athletes won medals in jiu-jitsu. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Merei Kabdullaev — silver medalist
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Merei Kabdullaev in the 85 kg category won the silver medal of the Asian Games. In the bout for the gold medal, he fought against Abdullah Tarig Nada of Saudi Arabia and lost 0:7.
Before the final, our compatriot defeated Batbayar Batsukh (Mongolia), Osama Nabas (Jordan), and Abdurakhman Murtazaliev (Kyrgyzstan).
Marian Zhuravleva — bronze medalist
Marian Zhuravleva won the bronze medal of the Asian Games in jiu-jitsu. In the 63 kg category, Marian Zhuravleva faced Jordanian athlete Maya Ishakat in the bronze medal bout and won 2:0.
Previous medals
It is worth noting that earlier in jiu-jitsu, Merei Kabdullaev (85 kg) and Nurzhan Batyrbekov (69 kg) won silver medals, while Seilkhan Bolatbek (77 kg) and Zhibek Kulumbetova (48 kg) won bronze.