Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev said that sports, as well as the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among the nation should always be in the spotlight. For this purpose today in the sport complex of Zhubanov University was the opening of the traditional X-th Summer Universiade on basketball among women’s teams.
Eight teams is taking part in this competition. Among them are students of KazNU named after Al-Farabi, KazUIA named after Abylay Khan, KazNPU, Karaganda State University named after E. Buketov, Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering named after Sh. Yesenov, International Kazakh-Turkish University named after H. Yassawi, WKSMU named after M. Ospanov and Zhubanov University.
Nurzhan Berdybaev, Vice-Rector for Social and Educational Work of ARSU, welcomed the participants and guests of the Universiade. He wished good luck to rivals in the upcoming games.
The competition will last until May 5, 2019, after which the results of the X-th Summer Universiade in Women’s Basketball will be determined.
Translation by Akbota Ormanbekova
