A teenage Kazakh volleyball player is facing backlash from her teammates because her sexy good looks are distracting fans from the game.Sabina Altynbekova is playing for Kazakhstan in the Asian Under-19 Championships and her presence on the floor has captivated fans and the media alike.In a sport already filled with good-looking, statuesque women, the nearly 6-foot stunner now stands heads above the others.And reportedly not to to her teammates liking.Local media that would normally only write a couple of lines about the women's volleyball competition are devoting lengthy picture features about the 18-year-old, according to the Daily Mail. And YouTube has been deluged with videos devoted to the long-limbed beauty.But that sudden move from to center stage has left members of her own team slightly peeved, and now media in her homeland have slammed the obsession with her. "Fans just stare at her and they are not following the championship any more," reported Vesti, a respected Kazakh daily paper.Even her coach, Nurlan Sadikov, has complained about it."It is impossible to work like this, he said. "The crowd behaves like there is only one player at the championship."The added attention even has the talented player making an appeal to fans to stop."I was flattered at first but it's all getting a little bit much," she said. "I want to concentrate on playing volleyball and to be famous for that, not anything else."Her followers, mostly from China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines, have even had artists honor her with anime fantasies about the sexy Sabina.Apparently you can't believe everything you heard about Kazakh women from Borat.
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