Aytjan Khalmakhanov becomes World Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
Uzbekistan national team member Aytjan Khalmakhanov has won a gold medal at the World Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling. He became the first Uzbek athlete in 24 years to claim a world title in this discipline.
Competing in the 63 kg weight category at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Khalmakhanov defeated South Korea’s Chung Han-jae in the final.
This is Uzbekistan’s first gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at a world championship since 2001, when Dilshod Aripov triumphed in the 58 kg category at the tournament in Patras, Greece.
Overall, Uzbekistan’s national team earned one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals at the competition.
Gold medal:
63 kg: Aytjan Khalmakhanov (Greco-Roman wrestling).
Silver medal:
60 kg: Alisher Ganiev (Greco-Roman wrestling).
Bronze medals:
57 kg: Gulomjon Abdullaev (freestyle wrestling);
65 kg: Umidjon Jalolov (freestyle wrestling);
72kg: Abdullo Aliev (Greco-Roman wrestling).
Recommended
Popular news
- Senate hosts meeting with UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan
- Baby born at Tashkent metro station
- Meta considers opening a representative office in Uzbekistan
- Mother and baby born in Tashkent Metro granted free lifetime metro rides
- My Soulful Pain…
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev awards the head of United World Wrestling
Comments
No comment yet. Maybe you comment?
Enter to comment