Uzbekistan’s performance at the Paris Summer Paralympics has already become the most successful in the country’s history. 21-year-old Tolibboy Yuldashev secured the national team’s ninth gold medal.
Winners of Olympic medals from Uzbekistan received cash prizes ranging from $50,000 to $200,000, Chevy Tahoe and BYD Song Plus cars, as well as apartments and two-story cottages. The awards, marked “President's present”, were presented by prime minister and Senate chairperson.
Svetlana Osipova became Uzbekistan’s first female taekwondo athlete to win the Olympic medal. Razambek Zhamalov brought Uzbekistan first Olympic gold in freestyle wrestling in 20 years. Boxers Bakhodir Jalolov and Abdumalik Khalokov also claimed gold, while weightlifter Akbar Djuraev earned silver.
Uzbekistani athletes won five gold medals at the Olympics for the first time in history. With eight medals in total, the national team is currently on the 15th place in the medals table.
Diyora Keldiyorova won a historic gold medal at Paris Olympics, becoming Uzbekistan’s first Olympic champion in judo and the first female medallist in judo.
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