70 medals and fifth place. How Uzbekistan finished the Asian Games

70 medals and fifth place. How Uzbekistan finished the Asian Games

The Uzbekistan national team added five more medals — one gold, two silver, and two bronze — to its tally in the final two days of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. All the medals were won on October 3.

As a result, Uzbekistan finished the XX Summer Asian Games with 70 medals — 21 gold, 25 silver, and 24 bronze. In the overall standings, the team took fifth place. India also had 21 golds, but finished fourth thanks to a higher number of silver medals — 27 against 25.

In terms of the total number of medals, Uzbekistan almost repeated its performance of the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou: back then, the athletes took 71 medals — one more. There was one less gold medal in Aichi-Nagoya, seven more silvers, and seven fewer bronzes. The position in the medal standings, however, remained the same — fifth place.

The last medal day for Uzbekistan was October 3. The athletes won five medals — one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes. After this, the final result of the delegation reached 70 medals.

The main award of the day was brought by Takhmina Ikromova. The rhythmic gymnastics representative won the individual all-around, scoring 112.950 points.

For Ikromova, this was the third Asian Games gold of her career.

At the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, she won two top-tier medals at once. First, the Uzbekistan national team consisting of Ikromova, Vilana Savadyan, and Evelina Atalyants came first in the team program, and then Ikromova also won the individual all-around with a score of 131.300 points.

Thus, in Aichi-Nagoya, she defended her championship title in the individual all-around and became a three-time Asian Games champion.

In WT taekwondo, Marat Mavlonov won a silver medal. He reached the final of the competition in the over 80 kg category, where he lost to a representative of Iran.

Another silver was brought by freestyle wrestler Sherzod Poyonov. In the under 97 kg category, he also reached the final and lost to an Iranian opponent.

Svetlana Saidova (Osipova) received bronze in women's taekwondo. In the semifinals of the over 67 kg category, she lost to a representative of China and finished the competition in third place.

Thus, on October 3 alone, taekwondo brought Uzbekistan two medals — a silver and a bronze.

The national team received its last bronze medal in the mixed team judo tournament.

In the match for third place, Uzbekistan met South Korea and won with a score of 4:2. Along with the Uzbekistani team, China climbed to the third step of the podium. Japan won gold, and Kazakhstan took silver.

This medal drew a line under the successful performance of Uzbekistani judokas in Aichi-Nagoya. Earlier, individual medals in this sport were won by Sita Kadamboeva, Muzaffarbek Turaboev, Abdurakhim Nutfullaev, Shakhram Akhadov, Samariddin Kuchkarov, and Ernazar Sarsenbaev.

On October 3, the performance of the Uzbekistan men's U-23 national football team also concluded.

In the match for third place, the team met China. The opponent took the lead in the first half, but in the 43rd minute, Sardorbek Bakhromov equalized.

In the second half, China took the lead again, but in the 90th minute, substitute Shodiyor Shodiboev made the score 2:2. The winner was determined in a penalty shootout, where the Chinese footballers proved to be more accurate. Uzbekistan finished the football tournament in fourth place.

Earlier, the Uzbekistan team was close to reaching the final. In the semifinal against Japan, regular and extra time ended with a score of 1:1, after which the Japanese won in a prolonged penalty shootout — 9:8.

In the final medal standings, China took first place, winning 341 medals, of which 169 were gold. Japan became second with 83 gold medals, and South Korea was third with 39.

The next Summer Asian Games will be held in 2030 in Doha.

At the same time, Kazakhstan won more medals in absolute terms — 84 against 70 for Uzbekistan, but was ranked lower due to a smaller number of gold medals.

The delegation of Uzbekistan, which performed at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, returned to Tashkent on October 5 on a special charter flight.

At the airport, the athletes were met by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, representatives of the government, the Ministry of Sports, the NOC and the Paralympic Committee, the khokimiyat of the capital, as well as fans, the Ministry of Sports reported.

At the ceremony, the President's congratulations were conveyed to the athletes. High jump Asian Games champion Barnokhon Sayfullaeva and boxing tournament winner Turabek Khabibullaev spoke on behalf of the athletes.

For medals at the Asian and Para Asian Games, one-time cash prizes are provided for the athletes of Uzbekistan and their coaches. The amount of payments is established by a joint resolution of the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, and the Ministry of Sports, registered by the Ministry of Justice under No. 1657.

For a gold medal, an athlete receives 25 thousand dollars, and a coach receives 10 thousand dollars. For silver, 12 thousand and 5,000 dollars are provided respectively, and for bronze — 6,250 and 2,500 dollars.

Prizes are paid in soums at the exchange rate of the Central Bank on the day of payment.

Based on the established payments for each medal, the athletes of Uzbekistan are entitled to a total of 975 thousand dollars for 21 gold, 25 silver, and 24 bronze medals.

Of this amount, 525 thousand dollars goes to gold medals, 300 thousand dollars to silver, and 150 thousand dollars to bronze. This is a calculation of payments to athletes only and does not include bonuses for coaches.