The Uzbekistan team achieved a historic success in athletics by winning two silver medals at the IV Summer Youth Olympics held in Dakar. These awards mark the first such success for the country in this sport at the Youth Olympic Games.
The first medal was won by Parizoda Talabova. In the javelin throw discipline, she demonstrated a result of 54.68 meters, thereby increasing her personal record by 98 centimeters. However, she was beaten by Ilse Cordoba from Colombia, who threw the implement 57.62 meters. The bronze medal in the same event was won by the athlete from Latvia, Eliza Liger, with a result of 52 meters.
The second silver medalist is Shahzodbek Holmurodov, who won this award in the triple jump final, setting a new personal record with a result of 15.71 meters. The winner of the triple jump was the Chinese athlete Shen Xuefen, who jumped 16.18 meters, and the third place was taken by the Portuguese athlete Juan Matush with a result of 15.53 meters.
Thus, Talabova became the first Uzbek athlete to receive a medal in athletics at the Youth Olympic Games, and Holmurodov secured the country's first such award among young men.
The IV Summer Youth Olympic Games started on October 31 and will end on November 13. In these games, Uzbekistan is participating with 19 athletes in 11 different sports. It is worth noting that previously, swimmer Muhammadismil Rakhmonov brought Uzbekistan its first-ever medal in swimming at the Youth Olympic Games, winning bronze in the 200-meter breaststroke event.
