Kazakhstan's national team won seven medals – two gold, one silver and four bronze – at the 5th Asian Para Games in Aichi and Nagoya on October 20. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

After two medal days, the national team has 21 awards and ranks eighth in the unofficial medal standings.

Para judo: two golds and two bronzes

Beksultan Kulmyrza brought Kazakhstan its first gold of the day. In the final of the up to 81 kg category in class J2, the Kazakh defeated Kim Donghun of South Korea by ippon.

In para judo, the team won two more awards. Dayana Fedosova (J2, up to 60 kg) defeated Hong Joan Hui Sin of Singapore by ippon in the bronze medal match. Galymzhan Smagululy took third place in the up to 81 kg category in class J2, beating Reza Gholami of Iran.

Bauyrzhan Arstanbekov (J1, up to 81 kg) and Dinara Kudzhulova (J1, up to 70 kg) finished the competitions without medals.

Para swimming: Kenzhebek sets Asian record

Dias Kenzhebek stepped onto the podium twice in one day. The Kazakh became champion in the 100m backstroke in class S10 with a result of 1:01.98. He set a new Asian record, which had stood at 1:03.73.

Kenzhebek also won silver in the 200m individual medley in class SM10 with a time of 2:21.61. Akito Minai of Japan won the event with 2:18.11.

Thus, Kenzhebek now has three medals at the current Para Games. The day before, he won silver in the 100m freestyle S10.

Para table tennis: historic bronze

Two more bronzes were brought by Ardak Nurmagambetov and Ali Makhulbekov. These awards were the first for Kazakhstan in para table tennis in the entire history of the country's participation in the Asian Para Games.

Nurmagambetov defeated Sandip Dangi of India 3:0 and finished the tournament in third place. Makhulbekov lost to Zhao Shuai of Hong Kong 0:3 in the semifinal of class 8, also receiving a bronze medal.

Team events: reaching the final

Nurshat Tolekassym and Temirlan Seiitkamal advanced to the final of the team competitions in the W1 category and will compete for gold. The decisive match will take place on October 21.

Tolekassym also retains chances for an individual bronze. The Kazakh defeated Ham Taejin of South Korea 7:3 and will fight for third place on October 22.

Para powerlifting, shooting and athletics

In para powerlifting, Gulim Kurmanbayeva took fourth place in the up to 50 kg category, lifting 111 kg. Gaukhar Omirzakova finished fifth in the up to 61 kg weight class with a result of 101 kg.

Sevda Aliyeva reached the final of the 10m air pistol shooting in class SH1 and finished sixth. In para athletics, Makhambet Serikkaliyev took fourth place in discus throw among the combined classes F51/F52/F53 with a result of 18.12 meters.

Wheelchair tennis

In wheelchair tennis, Yevgeniy Bykov reached the quarterfinals of the Quad category, where he lost to Huang Chu-yin 6:3, 4:6, 1:6. Yerdaulet Kadymbergenov lost to Tokito Oda of Japan 0:6, 0:6 in the second round of the Open category.

Medal standings

After the second day, China strengthened its lead in the unofficial medal standings with 70 gold, 44 silver and 35 bronze medals. Uzbekistan is second, Japan third. Kazakhstan dropped to eighth place with five gold medals.

The 5th Asian Para Games are being held in Aichi and Nagoya from October 18 to 24. Kazakhstan is represented by 150 athletes in 12 sports.