At the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, Kazakhstan's team added two medals in a single day, with a boxer and a taekwondo athlete both reaching the podium, infohub.kz reports.
Maral Tolepbergen fought in the semifinals of the boxing tournament in the under-54-kilogram weight class. The Kazakh athlete lost to Uzbekistan's Sabrina Chakamonova by unanimous decision. The rules do not provide for third-place bouts, so Tolepbergen was awarded the bronze medal.
Another Kazakh boxer, Bibarys Ashirbay (under 70 kilograms), by contrast won his semifinal on Wednesday. He defeated Mexico's Jorge Luis Nieblas Gutierrez by unanimous decision and secured at least a silver medal at the Youth Olympics.
Aknur Tursyngali (under 57 kilograms) also advanced to the boxing final. In the semifinals, she defeated Ukraine's Evangelina Petruk 4:1.
Besides Tolepbergen, taekwondo athlete Lyubov Yun (over 63 kilograms) brought Kazakhstan another bronze. She reached the semifinals, where she lost to Serbia's Ema Zecivorovic. That result allowed Yun to climb onto the third step of the podium.
Kazakhstan's team now has two gold and three bronze medals at the 2026 Youth Olympics. In the overall standings, the team ranks 29th.