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Culture of Kazakhstan


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Kazakhstan. Since 1993, the Equestrian Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been organizing national and international events in show jumping, dressage, eventing and endurance.

*Bandy – The national team is among the best and has twice won the bronze medal at the Bandy World Championships. In the WCS 2011 they were an extra-time in the semifinal from reaching the final for the first time. It will be hosted by Kazakhstan in 2012. The team won the first bandy tournament at the Asian Winter Games. During the Soviet time, Dynamo Alma-Ata won the national championships in 1977 and 1990.

*Judo – Kazakh Askhat Zhitkeyev won silver in 2008 Olympics and Yeldos Smetov won 2010 junior world championships in −55 kg category.

*Weightlifting – Kazakh Zulfiya Chinshanlo won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Chinshanlo lifted World Record 131 kilograms in the clean and jerk in the women's 53-kilogram category. She won gold by lifting a total of 226 kilograms
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