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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2021 22:42:09 GMT
Kamshybek Kunkabayev and Olga Rypakova with Team Kazakhstan.  Kazakhstan has chosen two people who will bear the national flag at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Kazinform has learnt from the National Olympics Committee. 2012 London gold medalist Olga Rypakova and captain of the Kazakh national boxing team Kamshybek Kunkabayev were honored to bear the national flag at the sports event of the year.  This will be the four time Olga Rypakova, one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Kazakhstan’s history, will take part in the Olympic Games. She is a silver medalist of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, gold medalist of the 2021 London Olympics and bronze medalist of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Rypakova said she is proud to bear the national flag at the Tokyo Olympics. «Three of 16 gold medals won by Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games were clinched by women. I hope that the number of women in sport will grow,» she noted.  |
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 22:08:36 GMT
 Kazakhstani track-and-field athlete and flag bearer at the Tokyo Olympics Olga Rypakova stunned the crowd at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, Kazinform reports. Photos of Rypakova’s fairytale-like white dress decorated with national ornaments went viral on Japanese social media. Fans of the Tokyo Olympics even lovingly called her ‘a princess of the Olympic Games’. According to Olympic.kz, the costumes for Olga Rypakova and another flag bearer Kamshybek Kunkabayev were custom made for the Tokyo Olympics. They were designed with the help of experts of the State Museum of Arts named after Abilkhan Kasteyev and Almaty-based fashion designer Violetta Ivanova. Many Japanese and foreign social media users took to Twitter to express their admiration for Olga and her incredible outfit. Some of the posts read: «The best costumes I’ve seen at the Olympic Games. I’m from Japan. I wish your team good luck at the Games». «I’m from Italy. This girl is the most beautiful flag bearer for me». «She’s simply stunning. What’s her name?» Designer Violette Ivanova says she adores the Kazakh national ornament and that she ‘really wanted to show its beauty to the world’. «Creation of such costumes is a great chance to do it. Our national art can look quite modern and we really do have something to show the world and can be trendsetters». She also added that Olga and Kamshybek in their white national costum |
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 23:29:28 GMT
Designer Violette Ivanova says she adores the Kazakh national ornament and that she ‘really wanted to show its beauty to the world’. «Creation of such costumes is a great chance to do it. Our national art can look quite modern and we really do have something to show the world and can be trendsetters». She also added that Olga and Kamshybek in their white national costumes were supposed to look like two swans bringing happiness.  Olga herself says that a lot of people, including athletes from other national teams, came up to her and Kamshybek asking to take a photo with them and complimenting their costumes. «Even after the opening ceremony many people expressed their admiration and kind words. It really makes me feel excited. I can definitely say that Kazakhstan wowed the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics,» she said.  |
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