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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2018 20:16:05 GMT
Denis Ten, who won the bronze at a male single skating competition at Sochi’s Winter Olympics and several medals at world championships, was lethally wounded as he tried to stop two unidentified people from stealing his car’s mirrors. Kazakhstan’s top figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten, has died in hospital, where he was admitted with severe knife wounds after a street fight. Passers-by found him bleeding in the streets of the country’s largest city, Almaty. According to reports, the 25-year-old athlete spotted two people stealing mirrors from his car and tried to stop them but was stabbed in the scuffle. Now the city police and interior minister are looking for the attackers, while people are bringing candles and flowers to the site of the deadly attack.  The country’s authorities, the International Skating Union, the International Olympic Committee and prominent athletes, as well as social media users from all over the world, are mourning the loss and expressing their condolences. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 21, 2018 19:30:14 GMT
One of two men detained in Kazakhstan on suspicion of killing Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten has confessed to the slaying, authorities said Friday. Prosecutor Berik Zhuyrektayev said in a televised statement that Nuraly Kiyasov “confessed his guilt in the presence of an attorney” while being questioned over the 25-year-old skater's death Thursday in the Kazakh city of Almaty.  The prosecutor didn't give further details of what exactly Kiyasov had said.  Police have also detained 23-year-old Arman Kudaibergenov in connection with Ten's death, which has prompted national mourning.  |
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Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2018 18:46:22 GMT
"Denis Ten was a great athlete and a great ambassador for his sport," IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement. "A warm personality and a charming man. Such a tragedy to lose him at such a young age."
Ten, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, was considered one of the most popular individual athletes in Kazakhstan, and his death sent shockwaves throughout the figure skating community.
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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2018 19:00:33 GMT
 People in Kazakhstan have bid farewell to Olympic figure skating star Denis Ten, who was stabbed to death in the country on Thursday. The Kazakh skater was the bronze medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. He was killed by 2 men in Almaty, the largest city in the Central Asian country. On Saturday, several thousand people attended a memorial ceremony held in the city to mourn his death. People shedding tears offered flowers at an altar where a photo of Ten was displayed. Serik Sapiyev, an Olympic boxing champion, delivered a eulogy. He offered condolences on behalf of all the Kazakh athletes, Olympic athletes, and athletes around the world who knew Ten. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 18, 2019 19:05:26 GMT
ALMATY: Kazakhstan on Thursday sentenced two men accused of killing Denis Ten, a figure skater who won bronze at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, to 18 years in a penal colony. A local court in the country’s largest city Almaty found Arman Kudaibergenov and Nurali Kiyasov guilty of killing the 25-year-old skater, while attempting to steal mirrors from his car last July, according to an AFP journalist in the courtroom.  A woman was handed a four-year sentence for failing to provide information about the crime to the authorities. Zhanar Tolybayeva knew about the crime, according to the prosecution, but failed to report it. The prosecution demanded 20-year sentences for the two men. The murder of Ten, who was of Korean origin, caused an outpouring of grief in Kazakhstan where he was celebrated as a national hero.  It also stirred anger towards police accused of protecting petty criminals and led to unsuccessful calls for the interior minister’s resignation. According to the prosecution, the figure skater was twice stabbed in the femoral artery and died in hospital later. |
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