Kazakhstani volleyball player blew up the Internet

We recently talked about the American gymnast Casey Catanzaro, who won the hearts of millions of television viewers with her performance on the extreme sports television show "American Ninja Warrior". Pretty Catanzaro almost playfully went through an incredible obstacle course, showing incredible physical training and innate elegance. It was her sporting achievements that riveted her attention, not her appearance, which also deserves all admiration - although, of course, the successful combination of both factors is “to blame”.

This week a new sports sensation appeared - 17-year-old volleyball player from Kazakhstan Sabina Altynbekova. The athlete of the junior national team of the country took part in the Asian Championship in volleyball among girls, which takes place in Taipei, and won the audience with its anime appearance. More precisely, "conquered" is not quite the right word - it seems that the world has gone mad from her. The number of subscribers of her instagram is growing at a breakneck pace (now she has 250,000 fans on the social network, although she started actively posting Sabina only this spring), and the report from the match with her participation gathered more than a million views on YouTube.

Sabina’s popularity was agitated by the team’s coach, who expressed concern that the female athlete’s appearance overshadowed the beauty of the game, and that her teammates might feel left out. You can understand him, but, on the other hand, if this increases the popularity of volleyball among girls, we will only be happy. I must say, the athlete does everything possible for this - there is not a single selfie among her latest instagrams, but there are a lot of shots from the volleyball field: