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Surkhandarya team wins at Taekwondo WTF

By 11.07.2018No Comments

As you know, at the initiative of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, the Olympic Future tournament was organized among the regional teams of sports such as boxing, taekwondo, wrestling and judo. The competition, organized for the selection of talents and selection of new names for the national team, was organized by regions. The teams that had successfully participated in the regional stage were allowed to take part in the final final.

It should be noted that two teams, who successfully participated in the selection stage in taekwondo races, were invited to the final stage of the selection process. So, eight teams competed for the prize places of this type of sport. The teams of Tashkent and Surkhandarya have reached the final stage at the end of the competitions.

Today, the final of the Universal Taekwondo WT association was held in Tashkent. Before the decisive debate, a solemn event was organized. Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan Jasur Matchanov, who participated in the event, said that the winners of the competition, as well as the new names were discovered through the tournament.

After the national anthem, young taekwondo fans were delighted to see their performances. Alisher Fayz, Shohrukhhon and Afruz group performances of the Uzbek pop stars gave a great impetus to the event.

After that, the fighting started. In the fierce battle of Tashkent and Surkhandarya region taekwondo fighters scored 49:49. After that, he was called to the golden ball. Then the sportsman from Surkhandarya won the first two points and presented his team with a victory.

Thus, in taekwondo WT competitions the athletes of Surkhandarya region won gold medals. Tashkent city representatives were awarded with silver medals. Athletes from Ferghana and Tashkent region reached the semifinals, winning bronze medals.

In short, on July 6-7, at the Universal Sports Complex in Tashkent, the “Future of Olympic Games” and the Challenger Competition for the Youth Taekwondo (WT) were held. About 900 young athletes from all regions of the country participated in the tournament.

On July 7, the final match of the “Olympic future” was held among adults. Surkhandarya team won 1 place and Tashkent city took the 2nd place in the final. The winners were awarded by the head of Taekwondo Association Laziz Hasanov.