ITTF World Para Challenger Astana 2025: Kazakh athletes win 16 medals in Pin-Up para table tennis

ITTF World Para Challenger Astana 2025: Kazakh athletes win 16 medals in para table tennis

From July 30 to August Pin-Up 3, the ITTF World Para Challenger Astana 2025 international para table tennis tournament was held at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Arts Palace.

As a result of the competition, Kazakh athletes won 1 silver and 4 bronze medals in singles, as well as 2 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze medals Pin-Up in doubles and mixed events.

In singles:

  • Talgat Erekeev – bronze (class 9);
  • Marat Surtubaev – bronze (class 9);
  • Aruzhan Giniyatova – bronze (class Pin-Up 7);
  • Altynai Erzhankyzy – bronze (class Pin-Up 9);
  • Galiya Bespalaya – silver Pin-Up (class 2).

In doubles and mixed events:

  • Yerlan Kaziev – silver (men’s doubles, class Pin-Up MD8);
  • Kenges Koniev – bronze (men’s doubles, class MD8); Pin-Up
  • Ali Makhulbekov – gold (men’s Pin-Up doubles, class MD14);
  • Erzhan Zhakhanov & Askhat Tazhmiev Pin-Up – bronze (men’s doubles, class MD18);
  • Alexandra Stepanova – bronze Pin-Up (women’s doubles, class WD5-10);
  • Altynai Erzhankyzy – silver (women’s doubles, class WD14-20); Pin-Up
  • Alena Pin-Up Kutyavina – gold (mixed doubles, class XD4);
  • Madi Imakov & Galiya Bespalaya – silver (mixed Pin-Up doubles, class XD4);
  • Ali Makhulbekov & Aigul Nasikhatova – bronze (mixed doubles, Pin-Up class XD14);
  • Makhanbet Nasikhan Pin-Up & Raushan Orynbayeva – bronze (mixed doubles, class XD17);
  • Marat Surtubaev & Altynai Erzhankyzy – silver (mixed doubles, Pin-Up class XD20).

It is worth noting that nearly 140 athletes from 14 countries took Pin-Up part in the tournament, with Kazakhstan represented by 39 athletes.