8 time USSR champion, 2 time World Cup winner, Seoul Olympic silver medalist wrestler Daulet Turlykhanov has shared his impressions about the torch relay that recently took place in Almaty. 
- I am very happy that such a large-scale multi-sports event is held in our country – he said. – I think that Universiade-2017 will make a significant contribution to the development of sports in Kazakhstan and it will especially give an impetus to further growth of winter sports.
All our regions and two main cities of our country were involved in the torch relay of the 2017 Universiade. Many well-known people who have made contributions to state-building took part in it as torch bearers. To be a torch bearer is a great honor for me. I hope that we will make sure that the event is held very successfully.
More than 2000 student athletes from more than 50 countries will take part in the World University Winter Games in Almaty. 85 medal sets in 12 disciplines will be contested.
