KZBlog

I missed one boxer in my last update. Mirat Sarsembayev, Kazakhstan’s entry in the flyweight category (51kg) made it to the final 16 beating Polish Rafal Kaczor. He next faces Russian Georgy Balakshin.

And while Evgeni Ryzhkov took 4th place in preliminary heats of the 200 meter breaststroke, that wasn’t enough to move on. But Vladislav Poyalkov will go on to the semifinals. Hopefully he won’t face Phelps because then 1) he stands no chance of winning and 2) I’ll be completely confused over who to root for.

Also, even though Irina Nekrassova won the silver in weightlifting, her compatriot Maya Maneza did not start due to injury.