Cherchesov's joke, Rybakina's refusal and changes in Barys. The main scandals of Kazakhstani sports in 2024 – Others

The republican Internet portal Sports.kz has collected the main scandals in Kazakh sports for 2024.

The most important sporting event of this summer was the Olympic Games in Paris, where Kazakhstan sent 80 athletes. The only “gold” in the national team was won by judoka Eldos Smetov, who received general recognition throughout the country. Various federations, akimats and influential people began to shower him with expensive gifts, but most of all were impressed by the “golden” asphalt that was laid along the road to his house. Moreover, this work was done as quickly as possible, which caused a heated discussion on social networks. Of course, this cannot be called a scandal, but still such an award caused a huge resonance among the people of Kazakhstan.

But our tennis players Elena Rybakina and Yulia…