Where did Kazakhstan add on Asia
In Hangzhou, Kazakhstan finished the games with 80 medals β 10 gold, 22 silver, and 48 bronze. In IT and Nagoya, the result improved to 84 awards: 12 gold, 24 silver, and 48 bronze.
Note that the 84 medals became one of the best results for Kazakhstan in its entire history of performances at the Summer Asian Games.
The team won the same number of awards in Incheon in 2014. There were only more in Doha in 2006 β 85 medals.
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Kazakhstan regained gold in boxing and won new disciplines
One of the main events of the Asian Games was the two gold medals in boxing. Torekhan Sabyrkhan won in the up to 70 kilograms category, taking revenge on the Jordanian Ziyad Ishisha for the loss in the Asian Championship final. Next, Aibek Oralbay became the champion in the over 90 kilograms weight class, defeating the Uzbek Zhakhongir Zokirov.
These victories allowed Kazakhstan to break a 12-year pause without gold medals in boxing at the Asian Games. The last time Kazakh boxers became continental champions was in 2014.
Tamirlan Tleules also won the historic gold. The victory in the up to 58 kilograms category made him the first Kazakh champion of the Asian Games in taekwondo.
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Another notable result was the gold for the men's Kazakh team in fencing. Ruslan Kurbanov, Kirill Prokhodos, Erlik Sertai, and Vadim Sharlaimov won against South Korea with a score of 43:42 in the final.
Kazakhstan regained team gold in this discipline after 24 years.
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Two golds in MMA
MMA was for the first time included in the Asian Games program and immediately brought three medals to our team. Erkingali Burkutalin became the champion in the up to 77 kilograms category, and Kadyrbek Shynbaev won gold in the up to 71 kilograms weight class. Another award β bronze β was won by Sanjar Adilov.
Kazakhstan took second place in the medal count for the MMA tournament.
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Seven medals in judo and wrestling
Judoists and wrestlers gathered the most awards in Japan β seven medals each. In judo, Kazakhstan won five silver and two bronze awards, while representatives of wrestling won one silver and six bronze.
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Six-time Asian Games champion from Kazakhstan
In cycling, Alexey Lutsenko became one of the main heroes of the games: he won two gold medals (in individual and team races) and brought the number of his victories at the Summer Asian Games to six, becoming the most decorated Kazakh athlete in the history of the tournament in terms of gold medals.
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Two medals in wushu
Kazakhans also rose to the podium twice in wushu. Alizhan Ablagatov won bronze in the up to 70 kilograms category, and Abdurashid Abdullaev reached the final in the up to 75 kilograms category and became a silver medalist.
Thus, instead of one bronze in 2022 at the Games, there were silver and bronze awards. In terms of the number of medals, the IT-Nagoi result repeated the Incheon-2014 figure.
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Two golds in karate
Jolaman Bigabyl won gold in the up to 55 kilograms category, winning the final against the Uzbek Humoyunmirzo Khalimov. For the 20-year-old athlete, the award became the first medal of the Asian Games in his career.
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A Sofya Berulceva defended the title of Asian Games champion in the over 68 kilograms category. In the final, the representative from Thailand, Manivan Butsu, defeated the Kazakh.
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Weightlifting returned with three medals
Weightlifting was not left without awards. Ayanat Zhumagali became a silver medalist in the up to 77 kilograms category. Alexey Churkin took second place in the up to 85 kilograms weight class, and Nurgisa Adiletuly won silver in the up to 95 kilograms category. At the same time, Churkin set a world record in the snatch, lifting 173 kilograms.
At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Kazakh weightlifters did not win medals, while the team won three silver medals in Japan.
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What in the end
The Asian Games in Japan brought Kazakhstan 84 medals, 12 of which were gold. In total, the team showed the fifth result among all participants and took the eighth place in the medal count. Above them were China, Japan, South Korea, India, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Thailand.
Compared to Hangzhou, the Kazakh team added four medals, two golds, and rose three positions in the overall count. At the same time, the current result became one of the best in the country in history in terms of the total number of awards.
The final medal count of the Asian Games. Screenshot: results.asiangames2026.org
Read also: Historical Achievements and 84 Medals: Results of Kazakhstan's Performance at the Asian Games
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