At the Asian Half Marathon Championship, the Uzbek national team won 2 silver medals

    Sports 13 November 2023 1953

    The Asian Athletics Championships in the half marathon were held in Dubai (UAE). It is pleasant to note that the representatives of the national team of Uzbekistan who participated in it were awarded silver ebb awards.

    Sitora Khamidova, who showed a result of 1 hour 13 minutes 29 seconds in singles, was able to update the country's record set by her five years ago. This result brought our compatriot a silver medal.

    The first place in this type of program was taken by a Japanese woman, and the third - by a representative of Kyrgyzstan. Other Uzbek athletes - Marina Khmelevskaya and Aziza Mirzakbarova finished in eighth and seventeenth place, respectively.

    Also, in the team competition, the total result of three of our compatriots was 3:46:08. And this, in turn, provided the delegation of Uzbekistan with a silver ebb medal in this program. As for the first place, the gold is taken home by the national team of Kyrgyzstan, and India - bronze.