The Uzbek team arrived back from Rio to Tashkent

The Uzbek boxers arrived back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to their capital city to Tashkent where the local fans celebrated their heroes. Uzbekistan was amazing in the recent weeks during the Olympic Games where their boxers topped as No.1 in the team rankings at the very first time with their seven medals.
Uzbekistan achieved six medals without any gold in the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships but their hopes were able to raise that performance in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Uzbekistan’s young team took record number of seven medals and among them the country achieved three Olympic gold medals, two silvers and three bronzes.
Unbeaten WSB star and defending ASBC Asian Confederation Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov claimed Uzbekistan’s first gold medal which was their second in the history of the Olympic Games since 2000 when Makhammatkodir Abdullaev secured a title in Sydney. Dusmatov not only won the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but he won the Val Barker Trophy after all finals.
Uzbekistan’s second gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was achieved by AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event winner Shakhobiddin Zoirov which meant the Central Asian country won the two titles in the lowest weight classes. Their third gold medal was achieved by London 2012 Olympian 25-year-old Fazliddin Gaibnazarov who had a heroic triumph in the last competition day.
Uzbekistan’s newcomer in the national team Shakhram Giyasov and their Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist 20-year-old Bektemir Melikuziev became runner-ups in the Olympic Games. Giyasov and Melikuziev both lost their finals but their future could be also enough bright in our sport. Their sixth and seventh podium places were achieved by AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Rustam Tulaganov who reached his career highlight in Rio de Janeiro with his bronze.
Uzbekistan’s next goals will be the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia this November and the 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships which to be scheduled next April.