Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov posts photo that delights Kazakhstanis

Tengrinews.kz — Kazakhstan figure skater and 2026 Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov posted a photo on his Instagram account that delighted and moved people in Kazakhstan.
Mikhail is sleeping on the bed in his room in the Olympic Village in Milan with his medal around his neck.
A Kazakh flag hangs on the wall, and below it is a nameplate with his name.

“Sweet dreams are made of this,” Shaidorov captioned the photo with a line from the most popular track by Eurythmics.













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“Who am I to disagree?” the account of the Kazakhstan Olympic team (olympickz) continued the caption in the comments with the second line of the song.

The number of Mikhail’s followers has increased dramatically, and they left emojis of admiration, affection, and gratitude in the comments.

Earlier, his coach Alexey Umanov said in an interview that they were “dead on their feet from fatigue.” It is possible that Mikhail is sleeping after sensationally winning the Olympic gold medal, a victory that, in the best sense of the word, shook all of Kazakhstan.
Mikhail himself also said in an interview that after the victory he almost did not sleep for two days, “which were filled with pride for my country.”
After the historic victory of Mikhail Shaidorov at the Olympic Games, Kaznet quickly “dug up” the account of gymnast Aislu Murzagalieva, who is being called Shaidorov’s beloved. That post also delighted Kazakhstani users.
To recap, the Kazakh figure skater was fifth after the short program, but won the free skate by a huge margin, which allowed him to overtake all his rivals. In total, the representative of Kazakhstan scored 291.58 points, which became his personal best.
What is known about sensational Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov
Shaidorov’s gold was Kazakhstan’s first medal at these Games and the second in the country’s history in this sport. The first was won by Denis Ten in 2014.
In addition, over the entire history of the Olympic Games, Shaidorov became only the second Kazakhstani athlete to win a gold medal. Previously, this had been achieved only by skier Vladimir Smirnov in 1994.