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Aisuluu Tynybekova - first world champion in history of Kyrgyz wrestling

Kyrgyzstani Aisuluu Tynybekova became the world champion in women’s wrestling.

The World Championship continues in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan). Tynybekova competed in the weight category of 62 kilograms. On September 19, she defeated the representatives of Mexico, Japan, Ukraine and North Korea and secured a berth at the 2020 Olympics. In the final, Aisuluu defeated the Bulgarian Taybe Mustafa Yusein.

This is the second Aisuluu’s medal at the World Championships — she had bronze medal in 2017. Earlier, not a single Kyrgyzstani became champion at the World Championships among the adults during the years of country’s independence.

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