11:55, 12 октября 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Ivan Marchenko
Powerlifter from became the world champion among the masters. This was announced by the president of the federation of this sport of the Kyrgyz Republic Bakyt Kerimbekov.
According to him, the championship completed in (). The KR was represented by two athletes.
Bakyt Kerimbekov performed in the weight category up to . In the overall standings for the sum of three exercises (bench press laying, squatting, deadlift), he didn’t get into the top three of the prizewinners. But, having mastered a bar weighing , he won a small silver medal in bench press.
Alymbek Rakhimov performed in weight until . In bench press he mastered , in squatting — , in deadlift — . The overall result of was enough to win the world title. He beat the previous powerlifter by . Also, «gold» (for a deadlift) and two «silver» (for bench press and squatting) are in his assets.