At the World Judo Championships in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan won a bronze medal in the mixed team standings.
On the way to securing the award, Uzbek judokas managed to defeat teams from Germany and Georgia. However, they lost in the semi-finals to Russia with a score of 4:3.
Subsequently, Uzbekistan faced Mongolia in the bronze medal match and won with a score of 4:2, thus securing third place in the competition.
Representatives of Uzbekistan achieved victory by winning two silver medals at the Haiti-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, which are being held in Japan.
In the judo competition in the under 73 kg category, Shahram Akhadov reached the final but lost to a representative from the United Arab Emirates. After this decisive match, the Uzbek judoka took second place and received a silver medal.
Alisher Ganiev won the second silver for Uzbekistan in Greco-Roman wrestling. He participated in the under 60 kg category and also reached the final, where he was defeated by an athlete from Kyrgyzstan.
Thus, Akhadov and Ganiev added two more silver awards to Uzbekistan's total count at the Haiti-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.
The Uzbekistan Kurash team won two gold and one bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, according to the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan.
Pokizakhon Kamoldinova won the women's gold tournament in the under 78 kg category. In the semi-finals, she defeated her compatriot Shokhista Nazarova, who subsequently won the bronze medal.
In the final, Kamoldinova faced Sumin Mong from South Korea and won, securing a gold medal at the Asian Games.
Another gold medal for Uzbekistan was won by Akhror Ziyodullaev in the under 81 kg category. He defeated Ramin Ahmadzoda from Iran in the final, becoming the Asian Games champion.
Thus, Uzbekistan's Kurash athletes added two gold and one bronze medal to the national delegation's total count at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.
