Kazakhstan's national team completed the 5th Asian Para Games in Japan with 50 medals – 12 gold, 16 silver and 22 bronze. The national team took ninth place in the final medal standings. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

At the previous Games in Hangzhou, Kazakhstan won 41 awards – eight gold, 12 silver and 21 bronze. Thus, in Aichi and Nagoya, the team increased the total number of medals by nine and the number of victories by four.

The most productive sport for Kazakhstan was para judo – 13 awards: five gold, one silver and seven bronze. Kazakhstan also took first place in the medal standings of this sport.

The champions of the Games were Ibragim Nurmakhanuly (J2, up to 70 kg), Beksultan Kulmyrza (J2, up to 81 kg), Zhurkamyrza Shukurbekov (J2, over 95 kg), Aktolkyn Seiilbekova (J1, over 70 kg) and Zarina Raifova (J2, over 70 kg).

Kazakhstan won another nine medals in para cycling – four gold, four silver and one bronze. Nail Ermukhanbet and Anastasia Kalaus became double champions, winning the group races and individual time trials.

In para swimming, Kazakhstan won ten awards – one gold, five silver and four bronze; in para powerlifting – six; in para athletics and para table tennis – four each.

At the Games in Japan, Kazakhstan won medals in para table tennis and para archery for the first time in history. In the latter sport, Nurshat Toleukasym and Temirlan Seitkamal became silver medalists in the W1 team competitions, and Toleukasym also won an individual bronze.

Kazakhstan's men's sitting volleyball team reached the final, where it lost to Iran 0:3 and won a silver medal. Iran has won this tournament at all Asian Para Games since the discipline was included in the program in 2010.

Kazakhstan finished without medals in para taekwondo, boccia and wheelchair tennis.

At the Games, several Kazakh athletes updated records. Yerkin Gabbasov and David Degtyarev set Asian Para Games records, while Dias Kenzhebek and Aisulu Suleimenova set Asian records in their classes.

Degtyarev became champion in para powerlifting up to 54 kg, lifting 192 kg. Gabbasov brought Kazakhstan its first gold of the Games, scoring 249.1 points in the final of the 10-meter air rifle shooting.

China won the overall team standings, with its athletes winning 207 gold medals. Japan took second place with 64 gold awards, and Uzbekistan third with 45. Kazakhstan placed ninth.

The 5th Asian Para Games were held in Aichi and Nagoya from October 18 to 24. Representatives of 45 national paralympic committees took part in the competitions, and medals were awarded in 18 sports. Kazakhstan was represented by 150 athletes in 12 sports.

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