Dakar, November 7. Kazakh boxer Bibarys Ashirbay beat Libya’s Mohamed Jihad before the final bell in his first bout in the 70 kg class and reached the quarterfinals of the Youth Olympics in Dakar, the National Olympic Committee reported.
Kazakhstan’s team at the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games has 18 athletes. The Games began on October 31 and run to November 13. The team has two medals so far: Fatima Supygaliyeva won judo gold, and Ramazan Ainegov took triathlon bronze. The NOC did not give the date of Ashirbay’s quarterfinal or the name of his opponent in its release.
NOC President Gennady Golovkin met International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry in Dakar. They discussed current issues in developing the Olympic movement and preparations for the boxing events at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the NOC reported.
What it means: The Kazakh boxer won early in his very first bout at the Youth Olympics and reached the quarterfinals. NOC President Gennady Golovkin, a boxer himself, discussed with the IOC head preparations for the boxing tournament at the 2028 Games.
Background: The Youth Olympic Games are a competition for athletes aged 15 to 18 that the IOC holds separately from the senior Games. Supygaliyeva’s gold and Ainegov’s bronze are so far the team’s entire medal haul.
We have also reported on Ramazan Ainegov’s bronze at the Youth Olympics.
