President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the team’s overall performance ‘does not correspond to Kazakhstan’s sports potential and the significant funds that the state invests in the development of sport’
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Kazakhstan’s president has criticized the country’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics and called for urgent reforms to its sports programmes to ensure better results on the international stage.
In a tweet published on Monday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated the country’s bronze medallists from the Tokyo Games but stressed the team’s overall performance had been underwhelming. “The national team’s final result – 8 bronze medals and 83rd in the medal rankings – does not correspond to Kazakhstan’s sports potential and the significant funds that the state invests in the development of sport,” Tokayev wrote.The Kazakh president added the team’s performance showed the need to urgently implement reforms to improve the country’s performances.
“We need to draw the right lessons from the Tokyo Olympics in order to show results that meet the expectations of our citizens at the next Games in Paris,” Tokayev added.At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kazakhstan claimed three gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals.and follow all of the news, features and opinion in the Summer Games in Tokyo.
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