KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Sports’

  • Do Not Trust This Penguin

    If he is to believed, Dom Joly is the darts champion of Kazakhstan. Dom Joly, who is most famous for his Trigger Happy TV candid-camera-on-crack show, is more of a comedian than a serious travel journalist so I assume that article is a joke, but you never know. Out of curiosity, was anyone at the […]

    3/15/10 • (Comments Off on Do Not Trust This Penguin)

  • Biathalon? Who Cares?

    Global Voices Online has a report up on the reaction to Kazakhstan’s silver medal. Citing the post on Adam Kesher’s LJ (RUS) about how Kazakhstan seemed to be indifferent to the silver medal we won this year in Vancouver, Global Voices reviews some comments. Is it indifference to our country, indifference to the Winter Olympics, […]

    3/11/10 • (1)

  • If You Can’t Get It at Home, You’re Gonna Go Looking

    Tennis World has an article up about Kazakhstan’s buying of Russian tennis players. This is nothing new; I covered the purchase of Sesil Karatantcheva, a Bulgarian which has been going pretty well for the nation. And our recent medalist at Vancouver was also brought to Kazakhstan from Russia. Tennis World’s interview with Evgeny Korolev is […]

    3/02/10 • (Comments Off on If You Can’t Get It at Home, You’re Gonna Go Looking)

  • 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. […]

    2/24/10 • (1)

  • First Medal

    First Medal

    Elena Krustaleva took the silver medal Thursday in the women’s 15km biathlon. She had a perfect shooting record and was just a little too slow to beat Tora Berger of Norway, who came in 20.7 seconds ahead. Khrustaleva is from Krasnyorsk, Russia and until recently raced for Russia but Kazakhstan apparently bought her and the […]

    2/21/10 • (1)

  • Ten is Eleven

    Ten is Eleven

    So obviously the big news out of Vancouver today is that Plushenko, coming out of retirement especially to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics, took the silver medal and Evan Lysacek took the gold. Both skated beautifully and while some will complain that Plushenko got cheated, the Russian commentators on Eurosport seemed pretty happy that […]

    2/19/10 • (5)

  • Astana Fans

    Going to the Team Astana website doesn’t get you a lot of news. Been trying to monitor it for news on when the name change to Samruk-Kazyna would go through officially and I still news reports on Bruyneel and Armstrong! But I did discover THE Astana Cycling Team Fan Club which has a lot more […]

    12/17/09 • (Comments Off on Astana Fans)

  • I Spoke Too Soon

    But I was right! The UCI gave Kazakhstan a license a while back, hence the reason that Contador was not able to break his contract with Team Astana. However, there was the question of registration still on the table. The UCI wanted a bank guarantee of the $22 million that Samruk-Kazyna was offering up and […]

    11/28/09 • (1)

  • Another Great Boxer

    Just pointing you to a great article, Maskayev Eyes Vitali Klitschko Rematch. It’s a really great biography of a champion boxer from Zhambul, making a comeback at the age of 46! He’s had a fascinating life and the article is a good read with videos of his matches interspersed, including this one of his match […]

    11/26/09 • (Comments Off on Another Great Boxer)

  • Contador Stays; Name Goes

    Contador Stays; Name Goes

    This week some changes were announced regarding Team Astana, the cycling team. Alberto Contador himself finally announced that he is staying with the team. After losing Armstrong and Brunyel and after a long period of doubt over whether the team would keep its UCI license or its funding, this is very good news. Despite mulling […]

    11/22/09 • (8)