Olympic boxing champion Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev posted a video on Instagram where he accelerates to 110 km/h driving a Tahoe marked “President's present” in central Tashkent. He police said nobody is above law and fined him. The public condemned his actions.
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.
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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