Uzbek boxers and Taekwondo practitioners return home with awards

The Uzbekistan boxing and taekwondo teams, who had performed at the world championships abroad, returned home, the press office of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan reported.

On March 16, the athletes were solemnly greeted at the Tashkent Airport by the officials from the Ministry of Sports Development, the National Olympic Committee, the Republican School of Higher Sportsmanship in Martial Arts, the Boxing Federation, the Taekwondo Association and the Ministry of Defence, journalists and the members of their families.

The Uzbek athletes won 46 medals, which allowed them to rank first in the team event, at the Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships, which was held in Amman, Jordan from March 1 to 14.

The Taekwondo practitioners won for the national team 7 gold, 6 silver and 11 bronze medals of the Asian Taekwondo Clubs Championship Fajr Open and the World Taekwondo President’s Cup for the Asia region, which were held in Iran from March 4 to 14.

17 мар 2022, 09:56
Photo source: olympic.uz

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