KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Asian Games’

  • Liu Jin AFP/Getty Images via BBC News

    Asian Games Snapshots

    Jin Liu of ATP/Getty Images has gotten some great shots of the podium assistants in Kazakhstan for the Asian Games. Click on them to go to the attachment page where you can see them in larger sizes:

  • Commentators

    While everyone agrees that the Opening of the Asian Winter Games went very well, in the KazNet there’s a lot of talk about the commentators. I mentioned my discontents in this post, particularly the fact that they never stopped talking. But that is typical of Kazakhstani and even Russian and Ukrainian sports commentators, so while […]

  • Winter Games Opened Yesterday

    Winter Games Opened Yesterday

    The Opening Ceremonies of the 7th Asian Winter Games yesterday went very well. Still waiting for video of the proceedings to go up online somewhere. The ceremony definitely felt reminiscent of the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies. I guess that giant floor video-screens and pre-recorded clips that tell the history of the nation in […]

  • Good News and Bad News in the Asian Games

    Those of us living in Kazakhstan may be forgiven for being a bit confused. So much noise has been being made about the Winter Games which start in January here in Astana and Almaty, that I didn’t realize there was a summer component to the games. Which inexplicably are happening now in China. Kazakhstan has […]

  • 1 Sept Still First Day of School

    Despite the fact that next winter the Asian Winter Games will be held in Kazakhstan, Almaty education officials say the school year will start on 1 Sept as always. Rumors that the school year would start early so that winter vacation would coincide with the games (or so that pupil would have a longer winter […]

  • Sports.kz

    Just discovered Sports.kz, a website that covers Kazakh sport, both national and international. Unfortunately it’s in Russian. Some other useful links on that page: RSS feed Asian Games category Newsreader a downloadable desktop app And thanks to this site, I just found the national football team site: Sbornaya.kz Sbornaya is the Russian word for team, […]

  • Dear Kazakhstan Olympic Commitee

    Dear Kazakhstan Olympic Commitee

    I went to your website to find out more information about Kazakh athletes. I hoped to find some interesting facts about them so I could write about them on my blog. I wanted to try to get an idea of who the stars were and generate some interest about Kazakhstan Winter Olympians in the world. […]