Kazakhstan coach: More than 30 weightlifters can represent country at Rio Olympics

The head coach of the weightlifting team of Kazakhstan Alexey Ni said Friday that the number of candidates who can represent the country at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is greater than 30.

The coach added that most of these athletes have already gained admission to the Olympics.

This statement was made by Alexey Ni at a meeting of the Operational headquarters for the preparation and participation of Kazakhstan sportsmen in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. According to him, the national weightlifting team of Kazakhstan will be formed with athletes performance at the national championship, which will be held from June 3-7. The strongest will participate in the Olympic Games. In addition to the Olympic champions Ilya Ilyin, Svetlana Podobedova, Zulfiya Chinshanlo, there are many young talented athletes of Kazakhstan who performed well at national and international competitions.

The head coach of Kazakhstan also said that the potential of the country's national team is very high, with high-quality training all the ten athletes from Kazakhstan can win medals.

Now the team of Kazakhstan is busy with systematic prepartion for the Olympics. At the end of his speech Alexey Ni said that the national team of Kazakhstan is going to show his best result. Enditem