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NUR-SULTAN – Khabar Agency’s biographical television series “Bekzat,” commemorating the late Kazakh professional boxer Bekzat Sattarkhanov, will air this spring, reports the National Olympic Committee.
Bekzat Sattarkhanov. Photo credit: 24.kz.
Filming of the six-episode series recently wrapped up. Its plot centres on the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and its characters are former International Boxing Association Vice President Beket Makhmutov, former National Boxing Team Head Coach Tursyngali Yedilov and Kazakh professional boxers Mukhtarkhan Dildabek and Yermakhan Ibrayimov. Kazakh actor Samat Azimkulov plays the role of Sattarkhanov.
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Source: The Astana Times
