A valuable artifact has arrived in Kazakhstan; it belongs to an Olympic champion.

Bakhtiyar Artayev, who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and received the Vera Barker Cup as the best boxer, has reclaimed his award, reports Caravan.kz.

According to the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation, Artayev entrusted his Cup to the international federation for safekeeping, but when he decided to retrieve it, the process proved to be quite challenging.

“Artayev handed over his trophy to the international organization several years ago, and the issue had yet to be resolved. The Kazakhstan Boxing Federation took specific steps to recover the prize, which is regarded as a valuable artifact in the world of sports. So today, the Vera Barker Cup has found its owner,” stated the KFB.

Previously, the ethnic Kazakh boxer won a medal at the Uzbekistan Championship.