OS-medaljör knivhuggen till döds på öppen gata
Den kazakiske konståkaren och OS-medaljören Denis Ten har huggits ihjäl på öppen gata i staden Almaty, rapporterar BBC med hänvisning till nyhetsbyrån Kazinform.
25-åringen ska ha fått ett knivhugg i låret i samband med att två män försökte stjäla speglar på hans bil. Idrottaren fördes till sjukhus men dog av sina skador.
Denis Ten tog OS-brons i Sotji 2014, samt ett VM-silver 2013 och ett VM-brons 2015.
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Denis Ten
Wikipedia (en)
Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; 13 June 1993 — 19 July 2018) was a Kazakh figure skater. He was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.
Ten was the first skater from Kazakhstan to stand on the podium at the World Championships, Four Continents Championships, Asian Winter Games, and Olympic Games. At the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Belarus, he became the first skater from Kazakhstan to win an International Skating Union competition. His other accomplishments include qualifying two spots for his country in the men's event at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Ten was the official ambassador for the Olympic Bidding Committee "Almaty 2022". He was a member of the Astana Presidential Sports Club and the Political Party "Nur Otan". In 2013, he began producing his own ice show, "Denis Ten and Friends". In summer 2014, he announced his co-operation with All That Sports management company established by Yuna Kim.
Almaty
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