ASTANA-LONDON. August 5. Kazakhstan proudly takes the 8th spot in medal standings after Day 8 of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London thanks to superb victory by Kazakh weightlifter Ilya Ilyin tonight.

Current results:
1 United States of America
26 11 14 51
2 People's Republic of China
25 16 12 53
3 Great Britain
11 7 8 26
4 Republic of Korea
9 3 5 17
5 France
8 6 8 22
6 Germany
5 9 6 20
7 Italy
5 5 3 13
8 Kazakhstan
5  0 0  5 

Kazakhstan has the same number of gold medals as Germany and Italy.