Nagoya-2026: Kazakhstan's team begins its Asian Games campaign

NAGOYA (Japan), 16 September 2026 — the modern pentathlon tournament of the 20th Asian Games has begun. The competition opened with the fencing ranking round. The best results in the Kazakh team:

Men

• Temirlan Abdraimov — 2nd place (27 wins, 8 losses), the best result by Kazakhstan's team at the tournament so far
• Tikhon Varyokhin and Lev Chuvashov shared 13th–14th places (20 wins, 15 losses each)
• Kirill Stadnik — 16th place (20 wins, 15 losses)

Women

• Diana Shchedrova — 12th place (19 wins, 13 losses)
• Ayana Kazbekova — 16th place (17 wins, 15 losses)
• Yuliana Petrova — 22nd place (14 wins, 18 losses)

Schedule

The women's semi-final will be held on 17 September and the men's on 18 September. The finals are scheduled for 20 September: the women's medals will be decided after the laser-run at 11:00, the men's at 15:30.

Head coach of the Kazakhstan team

• Leonid Zimarev

Coaching staff of the Kazakhstan team

• Yegor Ryanzin
• Alexander Seletsky
• German Sobolev
• Sergey Turobov

Vice-President of the Federation

• Yury Soloviev

The Federation's general partner is Samruk-Kazyna; its partner is the SportQory Tourism and Sports Industry Support Foundation.