Kazakhstan's national team finished the 5th Asian Para Games in Japan's Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya with a total of 50 medals — 12 gold, 16 silver and 22 bronze. The Kazakh team placed ninth in the overall standings, infohub.kz reports.
Kazakhstan was represented at the competition by 150 athletes competing in 12 sports.
The largest haul came in para judo, with 13 medals (5 gold, 1 silver and 7 bronze). Kazakhstan topped the team standings in that sport.
In para swimming the athletes won 10 medals, in para cycling 9, in para powerlifting 6, in para athletics and para table tennis 4 each, and in para archery 2. Kazakhstan added one more medal each in para shooting and sitting volleyball.
Among the highlights were two golds for Nail Yermukhambet and Anastassiya Kalaus in para cycling, and David Degtyarev's victory in para powerlifting with an Asian Para Games record. Shooter Yerkin Gabbasov also set a competition record.
In addition, Kazakh athletes won Asian Para Games medals in para table tennis and para archery for the first time in history.
Compared with the previous Games in Hangzhou, Kazakhstan improved its result by nine medals, including four more golds.