Comments on: World-class sport http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kazakhstan: World Class Sports http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11359 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kazakhstan: World Class Sports Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:26:23 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11359 [...] Ben Paarmann says that Kazakhstan, unlike other Central Asian states, is a home for world class sports. Nathan Hamm [...] […] Ben Paarmann says that Kazakhstan, unlike other Central Asian states, is a home for world class sports. Nathan Hamm […]

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11344 Joshua Foust Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:39:16 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11344 Don't forget cybersports! As my buddy Mike is fond of reminding me every single year, Kazakhstan's team always place well, and are right now in the <a href="http://www.worldcybergames.com/5th/statistic/ranking/ranking_wcgrank.asp" rel="nofollow">Top 20</a> overall. Last year, they came in second in the world Counter-Strike:Source tournament, losing only to the US (which, along with South Korea, always wins those things anyway). Don’t forget cybersports! As my buddy Mike is fond of reminding me every single year, Kazakhstan’s team always place well, and are right now in the Top 20 overall. Last year, they came in second in the world Counter-Strike:Source tournament, losing only to the US (which, along with South Korea, always wins those things anyway).

]]> By: Ben http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11339 Ben Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:11:50 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11339 Well, you can see the occasional cyclist on Almaty's roads. Most of the pros, however, train in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe. But you're right, cycling in Kazakhstan can be suicidal, a friend of mine survived a big crash because he was wearing a helmet. Well, you can see the occasional cyclist on Almaty’s roads. Most of the pros, however, train in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe.

But you’re right, cycling in Kazakhstan can be suicidal, a friend of mine survived a big crash because he was wearing a helmet.

]]> By: Keith Donovan http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11318 Keith Donovan Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:45:37 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2007/01/20/world-class-sport/#comment-11318 I firts heard of Kazakh cyclists in the Tour de France and wondered then, just where do these cyclists practice? I have just spent 3 years in Atyrau and would have thought that the potholes in the roads and the mostly poor genereral level of driving ability would mean that you would have to be insane to practice on the public roads! I firts heard of Kazakh cyclists in the Tour de France and wondered then, just where do these cyclists practice?
I have just spent 3 years in Atyrau and would have thought that the potholes in the roads and the mostly poor genereral level of driving ability would mean that you would have to be insane to practice on the public roads!

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