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Nazarbayev thanks Khrustaleva for saving Kazakh athletes from ‘humiliation’
Silver was region’s only Olympic medal
By Stan Rogers
2010-03-05
ASTANA -- Silver medal-winning biathlete Elena Khrustaleva saved her fellow Kazakh athletes from “humiliation”, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said, as reported on March 5 by Novosti-Kazakhstan.
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![Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva (left) shows off her silver medal in the women's 15km individual biathlon at the Whistler Medals Plaza during the 2010 Winter Olympics February 18. Khrustaleva won the nation’s — and region’s — only Olympic medal and won praise from the Kazakh president. [DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images]](/shared/images/2010/03/05/KZOlympian-218_172.jpg)
Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva (left) shows off her silver medal in the women's 15km individual biathlon at the Whistler Medals Plaza during the 2010 Winter Olympics February 18. Khrustaleva won the nation’s — and region’s — only Olympic medal and won praise from the Kazakh president. [DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images]
![Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva (left) shows off her silver medal in the women's 15km individual biathlon at the Whistler Medals Plaza during the 2010 Winter Olympics February 18. Khrustaleva won the nation’s — and region’s — only Olympic medal and won praise from the Kazakh president. [DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images]](/shared/images/2010/03/05/KZOlympian.jpg)
Meeting Khrustaleva and other notable Kazakh women March 2, Nazarbayev said, “Elena saved all Kazakh athletes from humiliation. What would we have done without Elena?”
Khrustaleva accounted for Central Asia’s only medal in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, taking silver in the 15km women’s individual biathlon.
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