The 8th Summer Universiade for students of the RK HEIs is being held in Astana.

The kickboxing team representing S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University consisted of five members: Daniyar Nurlybekov, Khakim Kairgeldi, Nursultan Nurumov, Zhanat Smekenov and Almas Aydarkhanov. The competition lasted for several days, then the winners were announced in both individual and team categories. Our team won the second prize in the team event, received the cup and medals.

Daniyar Nurlybekov won the main prize in the individual competition, having defeated all his opponents on his way to the title.

Nursultan Nurumov won the title of the champion too. Khakim Kairgeldi was awarded gold medal in men's 75 kg competition.

According to Zhanat Smekenov, who won the second prize, each martial art is unique, but the goal is always the same. “We respect all participants, but we believed in our team. That's why we did so well,” he said.

Daniyar Nurlybekov shared his impressions of the trip and said that he had already started preparing for the next competition.

“We had a chance to talk to athletes from other regions of our country. Personally, I realized that I need to continuously improve myself if I want to keep winning. I want to say thanks to Sabyrzhan Zhakupov, our coach, for working with us and helping us progress. We will do our best to continue achieving high results in the future!” said Daniyar.